Draba lactea

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Draba

|species = lactea

|authority = Adams

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Draba lactea, the Lapland whitlow-grass or milky whitlow-grass, is a flower common throughout the high Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of Norway, Montana, Canada, and Greenland.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183098604|title=Grønlands flora|date=1978|publisher=P. Haase & Sons|others=Tyge Wittrock Böcher|isbn=87-559-0385-1|edition=3. reviderede udgave|location=København|oclc=183098604}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1158895781|title=Nordens flora|date=2020|publisher=Gyldendal|others=Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark|isbn=978-87-02-28916-9|edition=Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave|location=Kbh.|oclc=1158895781}}{{Cite web|title=Pan-arctic flora: Home|url=http://panarcticflora.org/results?biogeographic=&bioclimatic=®ion=&name=draba+lactea#paf-672118|access-date=2021-06-19|website=panarcticflora.org}}

The plant is 2–5 cm tall, and caespitose. The flower stems are glabrous. The leaves have stellate hairs on the surface and simple hairs at the margins. The flowers are pure white, and there are many flowers on each stem. Flowers bloom June to August.

Draba species are found on dry as well as moist localities such as wet meadows, fields and prairies.{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=DRLA|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.wildflower.org}} Most of the species have a circumpolar distribution,{{Cite web|title=Draba lactea in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094708|access-date=|website=www.efloras.org}} but there is considerable variation within this group.