Pegaeophyton scapiflorum (Hook. f. & Thomson) Marquand & Shaw in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 229. 1929. Cochlearia scapiflora Hook. f. & Thomson in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 154. 1861; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 145. 1872.

Rootstock branching above, ca 10 mm thick; aerial stem absent. Leaves spathulate or linear-lanceolate, tapering at base into a long flat petiole, entire or with a few broad sharp teeth along margins, rounded, obtuse or acute at apex, 1 - 7 x 0.1 - 0.6 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Flowers ca 5 mm across. Sepals ca 3 x 2 mm. Petals 3 - 6 x 2 - 4 mm. Stamens ca 3.5 mm long. Fruits ellipsoid-oblong, slightly compressed, unilocular, 6 - 10 x 3 - 8 mm, glabrous. Seeds small, few.

Fl. & Fr. May - Aug.

Distrib. India: Alpine streamsides, 3900 - 4900 m. Jammu & Kashmir and Sikkim.

Nepal and Bhutan.