Plant: Biennial, perennial herb; caudex branched or not; hairs generally multibranched; Stems 1-several, erect Leaves: basal 1-5 cm, linear-oblanceolate to widely spoon-shaped, tip acute, hairs dense; cauline sessile, 2-4 cm, oblong to lanceolate, entire, lower surface densely hairy, upper surface ± hairy to not INFLORESCENCE: raceme; bracts 0 Flowers: erect to reflexed; sepals erect; petals spoon-shaped to oblong and narrowed at base or narrowly obovate, purplish pink to whitish Fruit: 3-7 cm, generally ± straight, glabrous; pedicel arched or recurved to ± reflexed, (4)6-16 mm, straight to ± curved, slender, hairy or not; Seed round; wing narrow all around Misc: Rocky slopes, open sites; 500-3500 m.