Ray's Thought for the Day - Draba, Draba, Draba

While it is true, like Rayetta said, that we lost our only mustard, (Streptanthus bracteatus), we have plenty of these little bitty mustards (Draba cuneifolia) around. Remember, this particular Draba's rosette was featured earlier in the venue. The very same rosette that these buds and flowers are attached to. Actual lateral dimension of the depicted is about a centimeter plus a millimeter or two.

The CB underwent a frost this morning. But Drabas are tough little sobs. They receive no moisture, get frozen, and bloom anyway. That's because they have stored up water and nutrients earlier when better living conditions afforded them more opportunity to store up. Now they can use the stored up water and nutrients for fornication, irrespective of the horrible environmental conditions they are enduring out in the wilderness. That's called planning ahead.

Once they have fornicated themselves silly, they shall produce baby siliques with baby presumptive Drabas, that some call seeds, inside the siliques.