General:
Tufted perennial herb from a taproot; stems branched, 2-12 cm tall, soft starlike-hairy or nearly glabrous.

Leaves:
All basal, oblanceolate to egg-shaped, 6-10 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide, greyish-hairy with overlapping starlike hairs or only sparsely hairy on upper leaf surfaces, midribs persistent; stem leaves lacking.

Flowers:
Racemes 5- to 15-flowered; flower stalks 6-14 mm long, hairy to nearly glabrous; petals white or pale yellow, often drying to a darker yellow, 4-5.5 mm long; sepals 2-3 mm long, hairy to nearly glabrous.

Fruits:
Silicles, 5-12 mm long, linear-lanceolate, plane, glabrous or hairy when young; styles 0.5-0.8 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 caesia M.F. Adams