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Greenland northern rockcress
Scientific classification
Genus:
Braya
Species:
thorild-wulffii
Synonyms
  • Braya pilosa subsp. thorild-wulffii (Ostenf.) V.V. Petrovsky
  • Braya purpurascens subsp. thorild-wulffii (Ostenf.) Hultén
  • Braya purpurascens var. thorild-wulffii (Ostenf.) B. Boivin

Braya thorild-wulffii, the Greenland northern rockcress, is a plant species native to Greenland, Nunavut the Canadian Northwest Territories, and from the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of eastern Russia.

Braya thorild-wulffii is an herb up to 10 cm tall, sometimes hairy, sometimes not. Leaves are spatula-shaped, up to 4 cm long. Flowers are white to purplish, up to 10 mm in diameter. Fruits spherical or egg-shaped, up to 10 mm in diameter.

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