''Draba corrugata'', commonly known as Southern California draba, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to the eastern Transverse Ranges of southern California, and the Peninsular Ranges of Southern California and Baja California. It grows in rocky areas.

Description

''Draba corrugata'' is a biennial or perennial herb forming a cushiony basal clump of leaves. Each leaf is long and gray-green in a coat of coarse hairs. The erect inflorescence may bear over 100 mustardlike flowers with yellow petals each under in length. The fruit is an oval-shaped, twisted silique containing many seeds.

Taxonomy

There are two varieties of this species: #''Draba corrugata'' var. ''corrugata'' is the more common variety, found in Southern and Baja California. #''Draba corrugata'' var. ''saxosa'', the rarer variety, is known only from the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County, and the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino and Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles Counties, Southern California.''D. c.'' var. ''saxosa''
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References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Draba corrugata''USDA Plants ProfileCalflora: ''Draba corrugata''''Draba corrugata'' — U.C. Photo gallery
Draba, corrugata Flora of California Flora of Baja California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Transverse Ranges {{Brassicales-stub