Description: Low perennial herb, 4 - 12 cm (1.6 - 4.7 in.) tall. Stems
1 - 4, glabrous. Leaves mostly basal rosettes, leaves egg-shaped, faintly toothed, 3 - 5 mm (0.2 in.) long, covered with dense stellate hairs; stem leaves sparse. Inflorescence a raceme, 3-12 flowered. Flower sepals 4; petals 4, light yellow, turning white when older; style less than 1 mm long. Fruit flattened (silique), 5- 11 mm (to 0.4 in.) long. Time of flowering: June to July.
Habitat: Occurs in alpine and bristlecone pine communities, at and above timberline, on rock ledges and in moist areas such as seeps, avalanche chutes, and late-lying snow drifts. Elevations: 2,500 - 3,475 m
(8,200 - 11,400 ft).
Range: Endemic to the Spring Mountains with all known populations in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, along Charleston Peak ridgeline, upper Kyle Canyon, and upper Lee Canyon.
Comments: Distinguished from Draba jaegeri by the yellow flower
petals and the shorter than 2 mm style; also occurs in moist places. This species resembles Draba brachistylis which occurs at lower elevations.