Torularia humilis
(C. Meyer) O. Schulz ex Limpricht in Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov.
Beih. 12: 390. 1922. Sisymbrium humile C. Meyer in Ledeb., Icon. Pl. Ross. 2: 16, t. 147.
1830; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 148. 1872.
Herbs, 2.5 - 20 cm high, decumbent or spreading, simple or branched, subhispid, hoary or rarely glabrous. Basal leaves oblong, sinuate-toothed or entire, 0.6 - 3 x 0.5 - 0.8 cm; cauline leaves smaller. Racemes ca 15-flowered, up to 10 cm long in fruit. Flowers ca 4 mm long. Sepals elliptic, obtuse, ca 3 mm long, pubescent or glabrous. Petals ca 4 mm long, 1.5 - 3 mm wide, purplish. Stamens ca 2 mm long. Fruits torulose, 1.2 - 2.5 cm long, ca 1.5 mm thick, appressed-pubescent. Seeds 10 - 15 in each locule, minute.
Fl. & Fr. May - July.
Distrib. India: Rocky slopes, 3600 - 4200 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, C. & N. Asia, N. America (introduced), W. & N. China, Mongolia and Russia (Siberia).
Fl. & Fr. May - July.
Distrib. India: Rocky slopes, 3600 - 4200 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, C. & N. Asia, N. America (introduced), W. & N. China, Mongolia and Russia (Siberia).