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Draba reptans
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Scientific classification
Genus:
Draba
Species:
reptans
Synonyms
  • Draba caroliniana
  • Draba micrantha

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.

Conservation status in the United States

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

Native American ethnobotany

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

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