Isatis costata Meyer in Ledeb., Fl. Alt. 3: 204. 1831; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 163. 1872; Jafri in Fl. W. Pakistan 55: 76. 1973.

Herbs, annual or biennial, erect, glabrous, subglobose, much-branched, up to 1 m high. Radical leaves rosulate, obovate-oblong, subsessile, entire or sinuate-dentate, 7 - 12.5 x 2 - 3 cm; cauline leaves gradually smaller, lanceolate, acutely auricled and amplexicaul at base, entire. Inflorescence paniculate, elongating up to 10 cm long in fruit; pedicels 5 - 7.5 mm long in fruit, often deflexed. Sepals 1.5 -1.75 mm long. Petals 2.5 - 3 mm long, yellowish. Fruits oblong-obovate, 9 - 15 x 3 - 5 mm, rounded at both ends, glabrous or minutely pubescent; wings thick; mid-vein of locules 3-ridged. seeds oblong-ovoid to ellipsoid, brown, 3 x 1 mm.

Fl. & Fr. May - Aug.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.

Europe, Central and S.W. Asia.