{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Draba globosa Sherel Goodrich.jpg |status = {{TNCStatus}} |status_system = TNC |status_ref = <ref name="NatureServe">{{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=''Draba globosa'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135778/Draba_globosa |access-date=2 December 2023 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2023}}</ref> |genus = Draba |species = globosa |authority = Payson }}
'''''Draba globosa''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common names '''beavertip draba''', '''round-fruited draba''', and '''rockcress draba'''. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and possibly Colorado.<ref name=fna>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094681 ''Draba globosa''.] Flora of North America.</ref>
This species is a small, clumpy perennial herb with stems just a few centimeters long. The leaf blades are under a centimeter long. The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 7 flowers with white or light-yellow petals.<ref name=fna/> This species is similar to many other ''Draba'' and a hand lens or microscope is necessary to tell them apart.<ref name="NatureServe" />
This species grows in mountain habitat such as talus and mountain meadows.<ref name=fna/> It is largely an alpine climate species, growing at elevations above 9,000 feet. It can also be found in subalpine areas. The soils are limestone and granite and the terrain is rocky. It may be associated with a plant community dominated by ''Carex elynoides'' and ''Festuca brachyphylla''.<ref name=lady>Ladyman, J.A.R. (2004, February 27). [http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/drabaglobosa.pdf ''Draba globosa'' Payson (beavertip draba): A technical conservation assessment.] [Online]. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DRGL6 USDA Plants Profile]
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globosa Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains Category:Plants described in 1917