Herbs, annual, erect or prostrate, branched, hairy. Leaves usually basal, lyrate-pinnate or deeply dissected; cauline, if present, few, variable. Racemes few-flowered, bracteate, lax in fruit. Flowers small, white or pinkish; pedicels usually elongated. Sepals suberect, not pouched. Petals usually longer than sepals. Nectar glands minute. Ovary cylindrical with 10 - 40 ovules. Fruits linear, on slender curved pedicels; valves weakly 1-nerved, subconvex; style short, slender; stigma short. Seeds numerous, uniseriate.
Himalayas to Central Asia; 4 species, all in India.
