Aphragmus obscurus (Dunn) O. E. Schulz

Very variable in stature and leaf incision.

Annual, prostrate herb, 3-10 (-12) cm long, sparsely branched from the base, glabrous, distantly leaved. Leaves spathulate, trilobed to entire, 5-20 mm long, 2-8 mm broad, stalked or sessile, Flowers bracteate, 4-12 on each raceme, small, c. 2.5 mm across, white or pinkish; pedicels 6-12 mm long in fruit, filiform, spreading or ascending. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long. Petals 2.5-3 mm long, 1.5 mm broad. Stamens c. 1.5: 2 (-2.5) mm long; anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Siliquae short, linear-oblong, 10-17 mm long, 1-1.2 mm broad, glabrous, subtorulose, slightly curved; style c. 1 mm long with minute stigma; septum absent, rarely rudimentary ; seeds 4-8, c. 1.2 mm long, oblong-ovoid, brown.

Distribution: Himalayas and Pakistan.

Fl. Per.: May July.