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Common Whitlowgrass
Draba verna
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
hairy bittercressCardamine hirsuta
mouse-ear cressArabidopsis thaliana
Early WhitlowgrassDraba praecox
shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common mouse-ear chickweedCerastium fontanum
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
common chickweedStellaria media
Jagged ChickweedHolosteum umbellatum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 84,925 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 71,207 |
| Canada | 2,676 |
| Germany | 2,141 |
| United Kingdom | 1,896 |
| England | 1,714 |
| British Columbia | 1,655 |
| Washington | 1,193 |
| New York | 1,042 |
| Massachusetts | 1,027 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales |
| Family | mustard family · Brassicaceae |
| Genus | Drabas · Draba |
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Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common Whitlowgrass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.