Draba reptans, common names Carolina draba, Carolina whitlow-grass, Creeping whitlow-grass, and Whitlow-grass, is an annual plant in the family Brassicaceae that is native to North America.[1]

Draba reptans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Draba
Species:
D. reptans
Binomial name
Draba reptans
(Lam.) Fernald
Synonyms
  • Draba caroliniana
  • Draba micrantha

Conservation status in the United States

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It is listed as a special concern in Connecticut,[2] as threatened in Michigan, New York, and Ohio, as endangered in New Jersey, as extirpated in Pennsylvania, and as historical in Rhode Island.[3]

Native American ethnobotany

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The Ramah Navajo apply a poultice of the crushed leaves of the plant to sores.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  3. ^ "Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 28