WorldFloraDB - Draba muralis

Characteristics

A cabbage family herb. It grows each year from seed. It has a slender taproot. The leaves at the base are in a ring and 4 cm long. The leaves on the stem are broadly oval and have sharp teeth. The rounded base clasps the stem. The flowering stems are erect. They have many flowers. The flowers are 2-3 mm across.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

Spread

anemochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.3

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

0.1

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

A rare plant of limestone rocks and walls in western England. A weed of nursery gardens in Cornwall.

More

It is a temperate plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Asthma (unspecified), Beri-Beri (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Hydrothorax (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Pleurisy (unspecified), Trachitis (unspecified), Wheeze (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	12
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-