Perennials; (short-lived); eglan-dular; moderately to densely pubescent throughout, trichomes dendritic. Stems (several to numerous from base), decum-bent, usually unbranched, rarely branched distally, 0.4-1.5 dm. Basal leaves: petiole 0.3-1.4 cm; blade pinnate, oblanceolate in outline, 0.9-3.5 cm, lateral lobes (3-5 pairs), oblanceolate to oblong, (2-5 × 0.5-1.5 mm), margins entire. Cauline leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blade smaller distally, distal lobes often narrower, surfaces moderately pubescent. Racemes considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels erect to erect-ascending, straight, 1.5-3 mm. Flowers: sepals ascending, yellowish, oblong, 0.9-1.2 mm, pubescent; petals narrowly oblanceolate, 1.4-2 × 0.4-0.6 mm; median filaments 1.6-2 mm; anthers 0.2-0.3 mm. Fruits erect, (subappressed to rachis basally), narrowly linear, strongly torulose, 6-15 × 0.6-0.8 mm, (curved outward distally); valves each with obscure midvein, (pubescent); septum not veined; ovules 10-18 per ovary; style obsolete, 0.1-0.3 mm, sparsely pubescent. Seeds uniseriate, reddish brown, oblong, 1-1.3 × 0.5-0.6 mm.
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