Braya thomsonii Hook. f. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 168. 1861. B. alpina auct. non Sternb. & Hoppe 1815; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 155. 1872.

Herbs, 2 - 3 (-6) cm high; stems pilose with long simple hairs. Radical leaves erect, 7 - 14 (-25) mm long, usually glabrous, rarely ciliate; cauline leaves 8 - 10 x 1.5 mm. Racemes 10 - 15-flowered, erect, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers white, ca 3 mm across; pedicels erect, rigid, thickened in fruit. Sepals oblong. Petals spathulate, ca 1 mm broad. Stamens up to 3 mm long; anthers ca 0.3 mm long. Fruits linear, subtorulose, recurved- attenuate at apex, glabrous; valves erect, 1-nerved; style 0.5 - 0.8 mm long with faintly bilobate stigma; septum obscurely veined; seeds 8 - 10, 1-seriate, ovoid-oblong, brownish, ca 0.8 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. June - Aug.

Distrib. India: 3600 - 5000 m. Uttar Pradesh.

China (Tibet).