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Cardaria draba subsp. draba (Whitetop Plant) |
Cardaria draba subsp. draba (BRASSICACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Cardaria draba subsp. draba(L.) Desvaux
Published in Jour. Bot. Appl. 3: 163 (1814) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Brassicaceae
Juss. (=Cruciferae) (The Mustard or Cress Family)
47 species from the Brassicaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Whitetop Plant, Hoary Cress |
Maltese name(s) : |
Maltese name not known |
Status for Malta : |
Doubtful origin. It is not yet established if this species is native or not. |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
April – May |
Colour of Flowers: |
White |
Name Derivation : |
Cardaria:
draba subsp. draba:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Cultivated and wasteground. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Botanical Description: |
Glabrous to pubescent perennial 15-60(-90) cm, producing adventitious buds on the roots. Leaves obovate to ovate-oblong, sinuate-dentate, the basal cuneate, petiolate, the cauline sessile, amplexicaul. Petals 2.5-4 mm, white. Silicula 3-4.5 x 3.5-5 mm, emarginate, inflated. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=62, 64 | |
Distributional range: |
Probably native in S. Europe, but established throughout most of Europe as a weed. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Belgium, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia and former USSR,B C Sweden |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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AE dAg Al Ar dAu Au(A) BH Bl(I M N) Bu Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(A S) Hu IJ It dLi LS dMa Mk Mo Rf Rm Sa dSi(M) Si(S) Sk Sl Sn Sr dTn Tu(E) Uk(K U) [Az(F P S) Be(B) Br Da Es Fe Ge Hb(E) He Ho La Lt Mo No Po Sk Su] |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
