Description: Low
spreading, tufted perennial, to 6 cm (2.4 in.). Basal leaves whorled, narrow,
egg-shaped, grayish cast, 4 - 6 mm (1.6 - 2.4 in.) long,
3 - 4 mm (1.2 - 1.6 in.) wide, covered with stellate hairs. Inflorescence
a leafless stalk with clusters of flowers on top. Flower sepals 4, purplish;
petals 4, white to yellowish, 5 - 6 mm (to 0.2 in.) long. Style conspicuously
long, 3 - 5 mm (to 0.2 in.). Fruit a silicle, flattened, with round outline,
4 - 6 mm (to 0.2 in.) long, densely covered with stellate hairs. Time of
flowering: June to August.
Habitat: Occurs in alpine and bristlecone pine communities between 2,940
and 3,410 m (9,650 and 11,200 ft) elevations, in alpine fell fields, talus
rubble, rock crevices, and near or at timberline.
Range: Endemic to the Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada. Known from
along and below the ridgeline between Griffith Peak and Mummy Mountain. Also
occurs in upper Lee Canyon, Deer Creek, and Kyle Canyon.
Comments: Distinguished from other Draba by the leafless stalk of the inflorescence,
stellate hairs, white flower petals, and by the long style.
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