Perennial small shrub to 15 cm high, erect, papillose. Basal leaves pinnately lobed, the lobes linear; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, slightly papillose. Inflorescence an elongating raceme. Sepals c. 0.75 mm long. Petals absent. Stamens 4. Stigma sessile. Silicula broadly ovate, c. 5 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, reticulate, glabrous to papillose, winged; wings obtuse, broadening from base, forming open notch approximately one-eighth length of the fruit; pedicels 4–7 mm long, robust, flat, c. 1 mm wide, papillose, spreading. Seeds c. 2 mm long; radicle incumbent. [This description from Hewson (1982b) requires revision; it may include elements of Lepidium ginninderrense-Editor, March 2021.]
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