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n. - Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.

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  • Also on the summit are twisted-arm draba and James 'snowlover, two of the 15 alpine species identified as "rare" in the must-have book for amateur botanists, Rare Plants...
  • But tucked in amongst the rocky ledges and crevices was a rich variety of flowers, including two rare, strictly-alpine species, arctic draba and Lyall's rockress, that...
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