Drabastrum alpestre

Base and rhizome woody; stems erect, rigid, terete or finely fluted, generally to 15 (but up to 40) cm high, with stalked, branched hairs. Basal leaves petiolate, entire to pinnately notched, to 5 cm long; stem leaves few, reducing to sessile. Sepals 2–3 mm long; petals 3.5–6 mm long. Fruit erect to spreading, obovoid to ellipsoid, 5–9 mm long (excluding style), c. 2 mm wide; style 0.5–1 mm long; pedicels spreading to horizontal, 5–11 mm long; seed coat reticulate Flowers spring–summer.