Draba lemmonii

Granite draba

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Granite draba is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in rocky alpine habitats at elevations of 3,050 to 4,000 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces bright yellow flowers 4 to 6 millimeters long with petals 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters wide. Growing in compact tufted clusters with stems 3 to 10 centimeters tall, it forms dense mats of delicate vegetation. Its basal leaves are oblanceolate to obovate, 4 to 10 millimeters long, with distinctive ciliate edges and simple hairs covering the leaf surfaces. The plant produces small ovate fruits 4 to 9 millimeters long that are slightly twisted and contain 10 to 16 tiny seeds.

Habitat: Common. Talus, rock crevices, rocky meadows

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 3050-4000 m

Bioregions: SNH.

California counties: Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mono, Tuolumne, Tulare, Mariposa, Alpine

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.