. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 9. Draba ramosissima Desv. Branching ^^'hitlo\v-grass. Fig. 2005. Draba ramosissima Desv. Journ. Bot. 3: 186. 1814. - Erect, much branched below, 6'-i8^ high, stellate- pubescent throughout, the branches bearing tufts of leaves, the inflorescence corymbosely paniculate. Lower leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, I'-a' long, acute, dentate with spreading teeth; upper leaves oblo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 9. Draba ramosissima Desv. Branching ^^'hitlo\v-grass. Fig. 2005. Draba ramosissima Desv. Journ. Bot. 3: 186. 1814. - Erect, much branched below, 6'-i8^ high, stellate- pubescent throughout, the branches bearing tufts of leaves, the inflorescence corymbosely paniculate. Lower leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, I'-a' long, acute, dentate with spreading teeth; upper leaves oblong or ovate, similarly dentate; branches of the panicle erect or ascending; flowers white, 2"-3" broad; petals entire or erose, twice or thrice the length of the sepals; pedicels spreading or ascending, 3"-4" long in fruit: pods oblong or lanceolate, hairy, 3"-4" long, twisted; style slender, i"-2" long. Mountains of Virginia and Kentucky, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. April-May. 10. Draba brachycarpa Xutt. Short-fruited ^^'hitlo\v-grass. Fig. 2006. Draba brachycarfa Nu ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 08. 1838. Annual, tufted, 2-5' high, loosely stellate-pubes- cent, leafy to the inflorescence. Basal leaves ovate or obovate, 4"-^" long, obtuse, sparingly dentate or entire; stem-leaves smaller, sessile, oblong, entire; pedicels ascending, i"-2" long in fruit; raceme elongating; flowers yellow, l" broad; petals some- what longer than the calyx, sometimes wanting; pods oblong, acute, \\"-2" long, \" broad; style minute. Dry hills and fields, Virginia to Illinois, Missouri. Kansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Arkansas. Montana to Oregon. March-May.
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