Draba olgae subsp. olgae Illustration Credit: Shaukat & Azmat

Perennial, ± loosely caespitose; scapes 5-10 (-15) cm long in fruit, erect, aphyllous. Radical leaves rosulate, oblanceolate, lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 5-12 (-15) mm long, 2-4 mm broad, entire (rarely obscurely 1-2-dentate), acute, densely ciliately hairy (especially at margins) with simple and branched hairs. Racemes (10-) 15-30-flowered, becoming somewhat lax in fruit. Flowers c. 5 mm across, deep yellow; pedicel 8-10 (- 14) mm long in fruit, or as long or longer than fruit, ascending. Sepals 2-2.5 mm long, pubescent. Petals 4.5-5.5 (-7) mm long, 2.5-4 mm broad, obovate-cuneate, apex subemarginate. Stamens c. 2: 2.5 mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 10-14-ovuled, minutely pubescent. Siliculae 4-6 (-8) mm long, 2-2.5 (-3) mm broad, ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, often slightly curved near the apex, sparsely pubescent; style 0.5-1 mm long; seeds 5-7 in each locule, c. 0.5 mm long.

Fl. Per. : June- July.

Type: Turkestan, Olga Fedtschenko (LE, K).

Distribution: C. Asia and N.W. Himalaya.