Draba carinthiaca, Hoppe

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 311

31. D. carinthiaca Hoppe , Flora (Regensb.) 6: 437 (1823).

Caespitose, often rather laxly so, with stems up to 15 cm. Stem glabrous above (sometimes glabrous throughout, var. glabrata (Koch) Sauter ). Basal leaves lanceolate, usually entire, covered with branched and stellate hairs, ciliate towards base; cauline 0-3. Inflorescence 4- to 8-flowered; petals 2-3 mm. Silicula 3-8 mm, rather narrowly oblong-elliptic, glabrous; style almost absent; stigma capitate. • Mountains o f C. & S. Europe from Pyrenees to Carpathians. Au Bu Cz G a Ge He Hs H u It Rm Rs (W). Closely related to D. siliquosa Bieb. , FI. Taur.-Cauc. 2: 94 (1808), from the Caucasus, and perhaps best treated as conspecific, though retained as a separate species by O. E. Schulz.