Draba reptans explained

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.^[1]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed as a special concern in Connecticut,^[2] as threatened in Michigan, New York, and Ohio, as endangered in New Jersey, as extirpated in Pennsylvania, and as historical in Rhode Island.^[3]

Native American ethnobotany

See also: Native American ethnobotany and Navajo ethnobotany. The Ramah Navajo apply a poultice of the crushed leaves of the plant to sores.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba) . plants.usda.gov . 10 January 2018 . .
2. http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"
3. Web site: Plants Profile for Draba reptans (Carolina draba) . plants.usda.gov . 10 January 2018 . .
4. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 28