Perennials; (cespitose or not). Stems simple or several from caudex, erect or ascending, unbranched or branched distally, (0.1-)0.4-3.2(-4.5) dm. Basal leaves: petiole 0.4-7.3 cm; blade linear, oblong, oblanceolate, ovate, obovate, or spatulate, 0.4-3 cm × 2-20 mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, denticulate, or dentate, apex obtuse to acute. Cauline leaves 2-21; blade ovate or suboblong, 0.4-2.8 × 0.1-1.7 mm, base auriculate to subamplexicaul, margins entire or dentate, apex obtuse to subacute. Racemes 0.5-25 cm, (congested or considerably elongated). Fruiting pedicels horizontal to ascending, straight, 2.5-15 mm. Flowers: sepals 1.6-5.3 × 0.5-1.5 mm, (margins membranous); petals white to pinkish purple, (3.4-)4.2-13 × 1-4.9 mm, often flaring between blade and claw, apex obtuse; filaments 2-7.5 mm; anthers 0.5-1 mm. Fruits obovate, obcordate, obdeltate, or elliptic, 2.5-16 × 1.5-9 mm, usually winged, rarely not winged apically, base cuneate, apex obtuse, truncate, or emarginate; ovules 4-10 per ovary; style (0.4-)1.1-4.2 mm. Seeds brown, 1.1-2.1 mm, minutely reticulate.
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