Braya rosea (Turcz.) Bunge in Del. Sem. Hort. Dorpat 7. 1839; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 155. 1872. Draba rosea Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 87. 1838.

Herbs, erect, branched, 3 - 5 (-10) cm high; roots stout, fleshy. Radical leaves numerous, entire, 10 - 30 x 2 - 4 mm, petiolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy, fleshy; cauline leaves 5 - 7 x 2 - 3 mm, glabrous. Racemes 10 - 20-flowered, short, thick, somewhat capitate, hairy or subglabrous, ebracteate. Flowers pale purple, rose or rarely white, ca 3 mm across; pedicels erect, spreading, thick, slightly swollen in fruit. Sepals narrowly scarious along margins, minutely pilose. Petals ca 1.5 mm broad. Stamens up to 2 mm long; anthers ca 0.2 mm long. Fruits ellipsoid or oblongoid, often obscurely torulose, rounded at apex, minutely pilose; valves subconvex; style thick, 0.2 - 0.5 mm long with depressed short stigma. Seeds 8 - 15, ovate, yellowish-brown, ca 0.8 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. June - Aug.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir and Sikkim.

C. Asia.