General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems simple or branched, 5-20 cm tall, hairy near base with simple, branched and starlike hairs.

Leaves:
Mostly basal, in a rosette, oblanceolate to egg-shaped, 5-20 mm long, lower surface hairs branched and starlike, upper surface hairs simple and branched, hairy-fringed with stiff hairs, entire; stem leaves 1-5.

Flowers:
Racemes up to 30-flowered; flower stalks 3-10 mm long, erect, with starlike or branched hairs; petals white, slightly notched at the tips, 3-5 mm long; sepals about 2 mm long, sometimes lacking.

Fruits:
Silicles, 5-20 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, linear, glabrous to finely stiff-hairy; styles less than 0.15 mm long; seeds 18-80, 0.5-0.7 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 reptans (Lam.) Fernald