Perennials; (caudex woody, to 1 cm diam., covered with persistent petiolar remains); glabrous throughout. Stems simple from base (caudex branch), erect, branched distally, 1-7.5 dm. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole (1.5-)2.5-10(-13) cm; blade oblong to lanceolate, (2.5-)4.5-9(-14) cm × 15-40 mm, margins entire. Cauline leaves shortly petiolate; blade oblanceolate, (much smaller than basal), base attenuate-cuneate, not auriculate, margins entire. Racemes (paniculate), considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending, straight, (terete), 8-15 × 0.4-0.5 mm. Flowers: sepals oblong, 2.5-3(-4) × 1.2-1.8 mm; petals creamy white to pale yellow, obovate to oblanceolate, 4-5.5(-6.5) × 2-3.3 mm, claw 1.5-2.2 mm; stamens 6; filaments (median pairs) 3.5-4.5 mm; anthers 1-1.2 mm. Fruits obovate to somewhat rhomboid, 7-11 × 5-6.5 mm, apically not winged, apical notch absent; valves thin, smooth, obscurely veined; style 0.2-0.6 mm. Seeds oblong, 3.7-4.5 × 1.6-2 mm.
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