Lignariella obscura (Dunn) Jafri in Candollea 134. 1957. Draba obscura Dunn in Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1924: 383. 1924.

Herbs, prostrate, 4 - 8 (-10) cm high, much-branched, distantly leafy, glabrous above, sparsely hairy below. Leaves rosulate, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or spathulate, entire or faintly trilobed, 7 - 20 x 2 - 6 mm, rarely stalked. Racemes 3 - 10-flowered. Flowers bracteate, white, ca 2.5 mm across; pedicels filiform, spreading. Sepals oblong, obtuse apex, 1.8 - 2 mm long. Petals somewhat orbicular, obtuse at apex, ca 1.2 mm broad. Stamens 1.5 - 2 mm long; anthers ca 0.5 mm long. Fruits subtorulose, (5-) 8 - 15 x 1 - 2 mm; style 1 - 1.3 mm long, with minute depressed stigma; septum absent. Seeds ovoid, 5 - 6, brown, ca 1 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. May - July.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.

Pakistan.