Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tomostima reptans (Lam.) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch & Jordon-Thaden [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carolina whitlowgrass	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald Rhodora 36: 368 (1934).
Arabis reptans Lam. Encycl. 1: 222 (1783).
Arabis rotundifolia Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 43 (1817).
Draba bifolia Muhl. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 173 (1793), nom. nud.
Draba caroliniana Walter Fl. Carol.: 174 (1788).
Draba caroliniana f. andrenae O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(89): 333 (1927).
Draba caroliniana var. dolichocarpa O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(89): 333 (1927).
Draba caroliniana var. hunteri Payson & H.St.John Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43: 104 (1930).
Draba caroliniana var. micrantha (Nutt.) A.Gray Manual, ed. 5: 72 (1867).
Draba caroliniana f. stellifera O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(89): 333 (1927).
Draba caroliniana subsp. stellifera (O.E.Schulz) Payson & H.St.John Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43: 103 (1930).
Draba caroliniana subsp. typica Payson & H.St.John Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43: 102 (1930), not validly publ.
Draba caroliniana var. umbellata Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 109 (1838).
Draba coloradensis Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 555 (1904).
Draba filicaulis Scheele Linnaea 21: 583 (1848).
Draba hispidula Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 28 (1803).
Draba micrantha Nutt. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 109 (1838).
Draba reptans f. hunteri (Payson & H.St.John) C.L.Hitchc. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 11: 113 (1941).
Draba reptans var. micrantha (Nutt.) Fernald Rhodora 36: 368 (1934).
Draba reptans f. micrantha (Nutt.) C.L.Hitchc. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 11: 112 (1941).
Draba reptans subsp. stellifera (O.E.Schulz) Abrams Ill. Fl. Pacific States 2: 294 (1944).
Draba reptans var. stellifera (O.E.Schulz) C.L.Hitchc. Revis. Drabas W. N. Amer.: 113 (1941).
Draba umbellata Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 62 (1813).
Tomostima caroliniana (Walter) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 32 (1915).
Tomostima hispidula (Michx.) Raf. Neogenyton: 2 (1825), not validly publ.
Tomostima micranthum (Nutt.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 364 (1916).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Draba reptans (Lam.) Fern.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Draba reptans (Lam.) Fernald	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tomostima reptans (Lam.) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch & Jordon-Thaden	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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