General:
Tufted perennial herb from a taproot and a simple or branched stem-base; stems branched, erect, 6-20 cm tall, starlike-hairy, mixed with simple or branched hairs.

Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, 0.5-3 cm long, 2-6 mm wide, entire or toothed; stem leaves lacking or 1-4 (5), lanceolate to egg-shaped, entire or toothed, 0.3-1.5 cm long, 0.1-0.7 cm wide; hairy with overlapping starlike hairs or nearly glabrous.

Flowers:
Racemes several- to many-flowered, sometimes with solitary flowers in upper leaf axils; stalks 3-8 mm long (or more), spreading to semi-erect, hairy; petals white to cream, notched at the tips, 3-4 mm long; sepals 1.8-2.2 mm long, hairy.

Fruits:
Silicles, 6-8 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide, lanceolate to oblong, narrowed equally at base and apex, flat; often densely hairy, mainly with short-stalked crosslike or starlike hairs; fruiting racemes occupying the top third of the stems; styles 0.3-0.8 mm long.

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:
Draba arctica subsp. ostenfeldii (Ekman) Böcher ex Kartesz & Gandhi
Draba arctica var. ostenfeldii (Ekman) Kartesz & Gandhi
Draba arctica var. ovibovina Ekman
Draba ostenfeldii Ekman