The rest of the vegetation consisted of a Sedum, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Meconopsis horridula, a slender Androsace, Gnaphalium, Stipa, Salvia, draba, Pedicularis, Potentilla or Sibbaldia, Gentiana and Erigeron alpinus of Scotland.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
300 draba alpina, i.
"The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II"
A.E. Nordenskieold
Lepidium draba, a native of South-eastern Europe, owes its prevalence in the Isle of Thanet to the disastrous Walcheren expedition; the straw-stuffing of the mattresses of the fever-stricken soldiers who were landed there was used by a farmer for manure.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others