It prefers rocky outcrops on decomposed granite. Flowering from May July, it has a basal rosette of leaves. It is a perennial with long, star-like, yellow flowers and fleshy, thick basal rosette of leaves.
Basal leaves are erect, tufted, and spatulate-shaped with simple forked hairs.
Stem leaves are long, acute, sessile and 8-12 mm long. It stands 8-17 cm tall on a slender, hairless, and erect or nearly erect stem. Seeds are long, hairless siliques,16-22 mm long.