''Draba lactea'', the Lapland whitlow-grass or milky whitlow-grass, is a flower common throughout the high Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of

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, and

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. The plant is 2–5 cm tall, and caespitose. The flower stems are glabrous. The

leaves A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, ...

have stellate hairs on the surface and simple hairs at the margins. The flowers are pure white, and there are many flowers on each stem. Flowers bloom June to August. ''Draba'' species are found on dry as well as moist localities such as

wet meadow A wet meadow is a type of wetland with soils that are Solubility, saturated for part or all of the growing season which prevents the growth of trees and brush. Debate exists whether a wet meadow is a type of marsh or a completely separate type of ...

s, fields and prairies. Most of the species have a circumpolar distribution, but there is considerable variation within this group.

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lactea Flora of Canada Flora of Greenland Flora of Norway Flora of the Arctic {{Brassicales-stub