Arabis amplexicaulis Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Lond. 20: 31. 1846; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 136. 1872. A. alticola O. Schulz in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 9: 1062. 1927.

Herbs, annual or biennial, suberect, up to 65 cm high, simple or branched, hispidly pilose. Basal leaves in rosette, ovate-oblong, oblanceolate, coarsely toothed, attenuate at base, subacute or rounded at apex, 3.5 - 15 x 1 - 3 cm; cauline leaves sessile, amplexicaul, rounded or rounded-auricled at base, ovate, oblong, acute or obtuse, toothed or entire, 1.5 - 6.5 x 0.5 - 3.5 cm. Racemes 10 - 25 cm long, laxly 15 - 35-flowered. Flowers ca 1 cm across, white; pedicels ca 1.5 cm long, glabrous. Sepals ovate, ca 5 mm long, 0.5 - 1 mm wide, with white margins. Petals ca 1 cm long, white. Stamens ca 5 mm long. Fruits linear, horizontal or drooping, acute, 3 - 6 cm long, ca 1 mm thick, glabrous; seeds many in each locule, not winged.

Fl. & Fr. April - May.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.