Citation: Chevall., Fl. Gen. Env. Paris 2:898 (1827).

Synonymy: Draba verna L., Sp. Pl. 642 (1753); E. vulgaris DC., Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 2:356 (1821).

Common name: Whitlow grass.

Description:
Annual herb, slender, 3-20 cm tall, hairy; leaves radical, spathulate to oblanceolate, 1-1.5 cm long, attenuate to petiole, entire or dentate.

Flowering scape leafless; sepals 1.5-2.5 cm long; petals 1.5-3 (rarely 6) mm long, bifid white or pink; stigma almost sessile.

Silicula narrow-elliptic to orbicular, 3-10 mm long, glabrous; pedicels spreading 2-30 mm long; seeds ovoid, 0.3-0.6 mm long.

Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Key to Infraspecific taxa:

1. Hairs branched and stellate only	subsp. verna 1a.
1. Hairs simple, branched and stellate	subsp. praecox 1b.

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