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April 26, 2011
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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I saw this very small clump of white flowers in the grass near where I live. It took
an hour to identify. The XID Services weed
identification software was a big help. It does not always get me the exact species, but
it can often identify the genus.
Spring Whitlow Grass is a 2 to 12 inch tall plant with a clump of 1/2 to 1 inch oblong,
hairy basal leaves. The long flower stem is hairy, especially near the leaves. Stem leaves
are absent, unlike the similar species, Cushion Draba (Draba lanceolata) which does
have stem leaves. The 1/8 inch wide flowers have 4 white petals that are so
deeply-notched, it appears as if there are 8 petals.
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