Malcolmia intermedia C. A. Mey., Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 186. 1831. M. taraxacifolia Balbis ex Vass. in Kom., Fl. U.R.S.S. ed. 2, 8: 283. 1939; Naqshi & Javeid in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74: 394. 1977.

Herbs, annual, dwarf, spreading or subterete, 5 - 10 cm high, glabrous or sparsely hairy with branched hairs. Leaves variable oblong or oblanceolate, sinuate-dentate to almost entire; basal leaves stalked, rosulate, 2 - 6 x 0.5 - 1.5 mm broad. Racemes 5 - 8-flowered, lax in fruit; pedicels ca 1 mm long in fruit. Flowers ca 5 mm across, usually whitish. Sepals 2.5 - 3 mm long, saccate at base. Petals 4 - 5 mm long, pinkish. Stamens ca 3 mm long. Fruits linear-oblong, quadrangular, 3.5 - 6 cm long, 1 mm wide. Seeds oblong, brown, up to 35 in each locule.

Fl. & Fr. Feb. - May.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.

Trans-Caspian region, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.