Arabis tibetica Hook. f. & Thomson in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 143. 1861; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 136. 1872. A. thomsonii Hook. f. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5: 143. 1861.

Herbs, perennial, up to 20 cm high, much-branched; stems leafy, stellately hairy. Basal leaves obovate or spathulate, sinuate-dentate to almost entire, 10 - 40 x 3 - 10 mm, usually densely pubescent. Cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate or narrowly spathulate, coarsely toothed or entire, 8 - 18 x 2 - 5 mm. Racemes 10 - 20-flowered, up to 10 cm long in fruit. Flowers ca 5 mm across, white or pale pink. Sepals ca 4 mm long, acute, sparsely stellately hairy. Petals 5 - 6 mm long. Fruits erect, narrow-linear, falcate, 3.5 - 6 cm long, glabrous; valves veined; midrib distinct; seeds usually ca 16 in each locule.

Fl. & Fr. May - July.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh).

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.