Draba himachalensis Al-Shehbaz, 12: 317. 2002. TYPE: India, Himachal Pradesh, above Chandratal Lake, exposed mt. ridge in scree, 5100 m, 18 Aug 1988, R. McBeath 2154 (holotype, E).

     Herbs perennial, pulvinate, scapose, canescent, tomentose throughout with short stalked, 4–6-rayed stellate trichomes with finely branched rays. Caudex covered with leaves of previous years, many branched, ultimate branches terminated in rosettes. Stems 0.5–1 cm, erect, simple, tomentose, leafless. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole 2–3 mm, ciliate with coarse, forked trichomes; leaf blade obovate to spatulate, 2–4 ´ 1–1.5 mm, uniformly tomentose on both surfaces, base attenuate, margin entire, apex obtuse; cauline leaves absent. Racemes 2–4-flowered, ebracteate, somewhat elongated and only slightly taller than rosette in fruit; fruiting pedicels 1–2.5 mm, divaricate, straight, tomentose all around or glabrescent distally. Sepals oblong, ca. 1.2 ´ 0.7 mm, erect, abaxially sparsely tomentose, base of lateral pair not saccate, margin narrowly membranous; petals white, obovate, 1.2–2(–2.5) ´ ca. 0.9 mm, apex rounded; filaments 0.7–1 mm; anthers ovate, ca. 0.4 mm; ovules 10–14 per ovary. Fruit orbicular, 2–3 mm in diam., not inflated, latiseptate, not twisted; valves glabrous, not veined, base and apex rounded; style ca. 0.1 mm. Seeds brown, ovate, 0.5–0.6 ´ 0.3–0.4 mm.

Flowering: July.

Elevation: 5000–6000 m.

Distribution: Kashmir, Nepal.