Index / Search / Cardaria draba
§1 Plant
Cardaria draba (L.) Desv.
vernacular whitetop — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Cardaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 510 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 510 counties across 35 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
California view state ↗ 46 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Kings 06031
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Sutter 06101
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 15 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Jerome 16053
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Kane 17089
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Schuyler 17169
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Cowley 20035
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Jackson 20085
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Mitchell 20123
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Rush 20165
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Smith 20183
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Gage 31067
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Madison 31119
- Merrick 31121
- Nemaha 31127
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Seward 31159
- Sioux 31165
- Washington 31177
- Wayne 31179
- York 31185
Nevada view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 20 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Adams 53001
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Columbia 53013
- Douglas 53017
- Ferry 53019
- Franklin 53021
- Garfield 53023
- Grant 53025
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lincoln 53043
- Okanogan 53047
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CADR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5376961 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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