Perennials; (cespitose); caudex simple or branched (well-developed, with persistent leaf bases); not scapose. Stems (decumbent to ascending), unbranched, (0.4–)0.6–1.3(–1.5) dm, usually glabrous proximally, rarely sparsely pubescent, pubescent distally, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed, (crisped), 0.1–0.6(–0.8) mm. Basal leaves rosulate; petiolate; petiole ciliate, (trichomes mostly simple, 0.3–0.8 mm); blade oblanceolate, 2–6(–7) cm × 2.5–8(–10) mm, margins entire, (pubescent as petiole), surfaces glabrous. Cauline leaves 2–4(–6); sessile; blade ovate to oblong, margins entire, (ciliate, trichomes simple and stalked, 2-rayed). Racemes (4–)8–20(–25)-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed, (crisped), (0.1–0.8 mm). Fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending, straight, 5–10(–15) mm, pubescent as rachis. Flowers: sepals (green tinged purplish), ovate to oblong, 2–3(–3.3) mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and 2-rayed); petals yellow, spatulate to subobovate, 3.5–5(–6) × (2–) 2.5–3.5(–4) mm; anthers ovate, 0.5–0.6 mm. Fruits lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly twisted, flattened, (7–)8–14 × 3–5 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 16–20 per ovary; style (0.4–)0.7–1.2(–1.5) mm. Seeds oblong, 1.2–1.7 × 0.8–1.1 mm. 2n = 24.
