Draba L., one of the largest genus of vascular plants in the Arctic, hosted about 350 species primarily in the N hemisphere, especially arctic, subarctic, alpine and sub- alpine regions Eleven species of genus Draba occur in Romania, nine of them being continental endemics. D. dorneri is an endemic plant restricted to Southern Car- pathians The recognition characters are given by glabrous stem and leaf surface and ramified hairs on the leaf margins.