Draba ramosissima

Classification	Dicots
Family	Brassicaceae
Family (Traditional)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Draba
Species:	Draba ramosissima Desv.
Common Name	Branched Draba
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Type: Silique; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	9
Status	Native; TN[S2] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Draba ramossisima	Draba ramossisima Desv.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Clark (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Jessamine (KY), Mercer (KY), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Hancock (TN), Jackson (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Sullivan (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100339942	Anderson	Kentucky	21 Jun 1978	William S. Bryant 2	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100339934	Franklin	Kentucky	15 May 1990	Ronald L. Jones 6313	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100709888	Jessamine	Kentucky	05 Apr 1965	Kenneth D. Ratliff 31	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100340007	Jessamine	Kentucky	25 May 1984	J. Campbell	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100340015	Franklin	Kentucky	15 May 1990	R. Jones 6313	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100340023	Anderson	Kentucky	14 Apr 1979	William S. Bryant 319	EKY Draba ramosissima
N/A	Franklin	Kentucky	01 Sep 1981	John MacGregor FR-327	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100339975	Garrard	Kentucky	21 Aug 2011	W. W. Overbeck 1383	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100339991	Mercer	Kentucky	18 May 1978	Johnnie B. Varner 11489	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100340049	Franklin	Kentucky	26 May 1999	Timothy J. Weckman 4999	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100339967	Franklin	Kentucky	25 May 1981	Steven Rice FR-433	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100709870	Putnam	Tennessee	07 Apr 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-19	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100339983	Jessamine	Kentucky	01 Jun 1984	J. Campbell	EKY Draba ramosissima
31234100339959	Franklin	Kentucky	25 Mar 1983	Steven Rice FR-633	EKY Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0108287	Jessamine	Kentucky			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107957	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0108285	Anderson	Kentucky			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0210509	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107963	Hancock	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107966	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0108288	Jessamine	Kentucky			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107965	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107960	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107958	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107962	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107961	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107968	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0108289	Mercer	Kentucky			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0108286	Jessamine	Kentucky			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107959	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107964	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107969	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
TENN-V-0107967	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Draba ramosissima
UCHT013670	Blount	Tennessee			UCHT Draba ramosissima
UCHT013669	Putnam	Tennessee			UCHT Draba ramosissima
APSC0060741	Franklin	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0061057	Garrard	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0096222	Putnam	Tennessee	15 Apr 2010	Theo Witsell	APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0101667	Jessamine	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0067532	Mercer	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0040129	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0076255	Clark	Kentucky	13 Jun 1987	Max Medley	APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0087685	Jessamine	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0071106	Mercer	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0056456	Putnam	Tennessee	02 May 2009	Dwayne Estes	APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0086884	Clark	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0121524	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0089002	Franklin	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0060743	Jessamine	Kentucky			APSC Draba ramosissima
APSC0118678	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Draba ramosissima
HTTU029503	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Draba ramosissima
HTTU029502	Blount	Tennessee	01 May 1964	Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Sharp, Bulford Holt, A. R. Shields 32620	HTTU Draba ramosissima
UCHT031839	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Draba ramosissima
UCHT031838	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Draba ramosissima
ETSU031909	Washington	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Draba ramosissima
N/A	Washington	Tennessee	24 Apr 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18032	ETSU Draba ramosissima
ETSU009871	Washington	Tennessee	24 Apr 2018	Frosty Levy	ETSU Draba ramosissima
ETSU014432	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Draba ramosissima
31234100340031	Franklin	Kentucky	31 Mar 1981	John MacGregor FR-262	EKY Draba ramosissima
ETSU008210	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Draba ramosissima
N/A	Sullivan	Tennessee	03 Apr 2017	Frosty Levy	ETSU Draba ramosissima
31973000007386	Garrard	Kentucky	04 Aug 1979	Thieret, John 51127	KNK Draba ramosissima

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