Whitetop / دُرابة

Whitlow Grass

Lepidium draba L.

General View, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Young leaves
  • Young shoots
Preparation
  • Cooked with olive oil
  • Raw
  • Salads
Blooming period
March to May
Foraging period
January to March
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Cream
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Lepidium
Family
Brassicaceae
Wikidata item
Q149440
GBIF Item
Lepidium draba L. (5376961)

References

  1. Lepidium draba L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-04.
  2. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-04. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lepidium+draba>

Citation

Lepidium draba L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/839 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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