It is endemic to Wyoming in the United States, where it is found in the Absaroka Range and some buttes in the Great Divide Basin.

[1] This perennial or sometimes annual herb has hairy stems up to 15 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers with yellowish sepals and four yellow petals.

The fruit is a narrow silique which is torulose, or constricted between the seeds.

[1] This plant grows on steep slopes, talus, and the sandy areas at the bases of cliffs.