Is this Draba norvegica?

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6) Draba, Arabis, Physaria, and other Brassicaceae

Only one of my plants grown from last year's seedex selection of Draba norvegica survived, and is now blooming. It doesn't look much like online photos of the species. Any thoughts as to what it is?

Thanks!

Rob

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Lori S. (not verified)

Wed, 05/14/2014 - 8:08pm

Yikes, that kind of an ID is beyond me but here's a description in case it's helpful to you or someone else:

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094695

The structure of the teensy hairs on the leaves and of the seedpods are often used to distinguish species, from what I've read.

 

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Rob Broekhuis

Thu, 05/15/2014 - 3:27am

Thanks. Now I need a botanical dictionary :-).

Most photos of D. norvegica show flowers being held much higher above the foliage than on my plant. On the other hand, the efloras write-up calls the species highly variable (without specifying the nature of the variability). Hopefully someone who's grown a variety of drabas will swing by here and set me straight.

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Lori S. (not verified)

Thu, 05/15/2014 - 11:18am

The flower stems on Brassicaceae often elongate through the flowering period... just something to throw into the mix.

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Trond Hoy

Fri, 05/16/2014 - 1:04am

I doubt that it is D. norvegica, it is not like the ones I have seen. I can't remember seeing anything quite like it either. Although the stem elongate after flowering the stem on your plant is too leafy.

Here are some links:

http://svalbardflora.net/index.php?id=144

http://www.kristvi.net/flora/B/bergrublom.htm