Phlegmatospermum eremaeum

Plant slender, prostrate to spreading (rarely erect), hairs bifid, appressed; stems 2–10(–20) cm long. Basal leaves in rosette, petiolate, obovate, tapered at base, to 4 cm long, pinnately lobed or scalloped, rarely entire; stem leaves obovate, to 2 cm long, toothed. Inflorescence a dense raceme. Sepals 1–2 mm long, sometimes with purple borders; petals 2–3 mm long, white, sometimes with purple bases and veins; stigma flat, not capitate. Fruit elliptic, 5–7 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, apex slightly notched; valves not winged, often with hairs on tuberculate bases; pedicels c. 2 mm long; seeds 5–7 per locule. Flowers winter–spring.