General:
Perennial herb from a simple stem-base; stems simple, one to several, 10-30 cm tall, with long, simple or 2-branched hairs at the bases, becoming glabrous above.

Leaves:
Basal leaves numerous in a rosette, egg-shaped, 1-3 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, drying and remaining prominent, stalks and blades with many long, simple or 2-branched hairs; stem leaves unstalked to short-stalked, not clasping stem, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8-12 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, long hairs on margins and undersurface.

Flowers:
Racemes few-flowered (5-25); petals 5-6 mm long, white to pale lavender; outer two sepals not bulging on one side at the base.

Fruits:
Siliques, angled upward, straight to slightly curved, 1-2 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; seeds in 1 row, 0.75-1.0 mm long, wingless.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Arabis bridgeri M.E. Jones
Arabis macella Piper
Boechera nuttallii (B.L. Rob.) Dorn