Erysimum deflexum Hook. f. & Thomson in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 165. 1861; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 153. 1872.

Herbs, 8 - 12 cm high, ascending or decumbent or deflexed in fruit; rootstock thick, woody, much branched. Leaves linear-spathulate, minutely toothed, 0.8 - 3 cm long, 1.5 - 3 mm wide, appressed-pubescent with 2-branched hairs. Flowers 0.8 - 1 cm across, orange-yellow; pedicels ca 8 mm long, equalling sepals. Fruits linear, erect, tetragonal, 3.5 - 5 cm long, acute at apex. Seeds with very short funicles, ellipsoid, ca 1.5 mm long, ca 0.7 mm wide; funicles ca 1 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, 3950 - 5250 m. Sikkim.

Bhutan.