General:
Tufted perennial herb from a taproot and a usually branched stem-base; stems erect, 0.5-15 cm tall, glabrous to hairy with simple and branched hairs.

Leaves:
All basal, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 0.2-1.2 (1.9) cm long, 0.5-3 mm wide, upper surface usually glabrous, lower leaf surfaces mainly with simple to 3-branched hairs, margins hairy-fringed with stiff simple hairs, 0.5-1 mm long; stem leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Racemes 3- to 15-flowered; flower stalks 2-5 mm long, hairy; petals yellow, 2-6 mm long; sepals 2-2.5 mm long, soft-hairy.

Fruits:
Silicles, 2-7 mm long, 2-3.5 mm wide, egg-shaped to elliptic, plane; hairy or glabrous; styles 0.5-1 mm long; seeds 2-12, about 2 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 caeruleomontana Payson & H. St. John
Draba nelsonii J.F. Macbr. & Payson
Draba sphaerula J.F. Macbr. & Payson