Lepidium draba
Common name
hoary grass
Family
Brassicaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
LEPDRA
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1904
Origin
S.W. Asia, Europe. Has also been known in new Zealand as Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.
Etymology
lepidium: Scale-shaped (pods)