General:
Perennial herb from a taproot and a several-branched stem-base; stems 5-15 cm long, simple or branched, densely hairy with long, simple and short, branched hairs.
Leaves:
Basal leaves egg-shaped or oblong, 2-6 cm long, pinnately divided, segments egg-shaped, hairy with whitish, mostly branched hairs, stalks slender and usually at least as long as the blades; stem leaves similar, few, reduced, 1-3 cm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescences corymbose, elongating but dense in fruit; flower stalks ascending to erect, 4-8 mm long, densely hairy with long, simple hairs; petals white or tinged with purple, 4-5 mm long, about 2 mm wide, rounded at the tips; sepals 2.5-3.5 mm long, usually persistent for some time after anthesis.
Fruits:
Siliques, erect, egg-shaped to narrowly oblong, 2-6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, usually distinctly obcompressed, glabrous, segments fairly prominently nerved most of their length; beaks less than 1 mm long; seeds about 2 mm long.
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