Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C. A. Mey.

Apparently it may be confused with some species of Draba also but the hairs are distinctive and flowers white or pinkish.

Perennial, laxly caespitose, suberect, 5-10 cm tall, branched mostly from the base, clothed with stellate and branched appressed hairs (hairs dimorphic). Leaves linear, sessile, 5-15 mm long, 1-2.5 mm broad. Racemes 10-20-flowered, up to 6 cm long in fruit, ebracteate. Flowers c. 4 mm across, white or pinkish; pedicel up to 8 mm long in fruit, filiform, somewhat erect. Sepals c. 2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm broad. Petals c. 3.5 mm long, 2.5 mm broad. Stamens c. 2:3 mm long; filaments not appendaged. Siliculae 3-5 mm long, 2-3 mm broad (excl. 1-1.5 mm long style), ovate-oblong, somewhat inflated uniformly, apex acute, entire, densely pubescent; septum not veined; seed 1 in each locule, c. 2 mm long, ovate-oblong, brown.

Distribution: Altai, Tibet and Kashmir.

Fl. Per.: May-July.