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Erophila confinis

(Erophila confinis)

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Description

No Description Draba verna (syn. Erophila verna) the spring draba, shadflower, nailwort, common whitlowgrass,vernal whitlow grass, early witlow grass or whitlow-grass is a species of plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. D. verna has the unique trait of bifid petals, not found anywhere else in the genus Draba. The plant consists of a few flowers with branching stems and the leaves are focused around the base of the plant. The seeds are located in the flower but are not equipped with any sort of wind dispersal adaptation. The genus Draba includes approximately 350 species distributed primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, with about 80 species in South and Central America.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Brassicales
Family:Brassicaceae
Genus:Brassicales
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