Cusickiella douglasii   cusickiella, Douglas's draba
           (Alt: Draba douglasii )
  
Brassicaceae (Alt: Cruciferae )
sensitive                      herbaceous           
Distribution: Oregon Trail

UW Burke Herbarium Link: Cusickiella douglasii
USDA Plants Link: Cusickiella douglasii   (CUDO3)
Flora of North America Link: Cusickiella douglasii


Within the Boise Front boundaries, Douglas’s draba (Cusickiella douglasii, previously in Draba) is currently known only as a rare plant scattered in open flats along the Oregon Trail west of Bonneville Point.  The small dense perennials are covered with white flowers in late winter/early spring, blooming at the same time as sagebrush buttercups and orogenia.  How much longer even this population will persist remains to be seen; most of the existing plants are struggling to hold their own against invasive bulbous bluegrass (Poa bulbosa), which flourishes in the same microhabitat.






Trail guides, walks or articles that mention Cusickiella douglasii