General:
Loosely tufted perennial herb from a taproot; stems decumbent at base, 7-20 (35) cm tall, hairy with branched or starlike hairs, sometimes with a few long, simple hairs near base.

Leaves:
Basal leaves loosely tufted, oblanceolate, 0.5-3 cm long, 2-12 mm wide, hairy with unequally 4-rayed, starlike hairs, occasionally mixed with 5-rayed or crosslike hairs, hairy-fringed with simple, branched or starlike hairs, entire to sometimes obscurely toothed; stem leaves lacking or 2, sometimes 3, lanceolate to egg-shaped-lanceolate.

Flowers:
Racemes 2- to -15 flowered; petals white, cream or yellow, 3-5 mm long; sepals 1.5-2.5 mm long, sparsely soft-hairy.

Fruits:
Silicles, 6-12 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, lanceolate to oblong, plane, glabrous or nearly so; fruiting stalks 3-15 mm long, lowest often about the same length as to twice the length of silicles, hairy; styles 0.5-1 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 hirta var. tenella Eastwood
Draba juvenalis Kom.
Draba kananaskis G. Mulligan
Draba longipes Raup.