Erysimum altaicum C. Meyer in Ledeb., Fl. Alt. 3: 153. 1831; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 154. 1872.

Herbs, perennial, erect, up to 25 cm high. Radical leaves linear oblong, entire or sinuate-toothed, sometimes runcinate, petioled, 3 - 5 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm; cauline leaves smaller, linear, sessile. Racemes 15 - 45-flowered. Flowers 0.8 - 1.2 cm across; pedicels 0.5 - 1 cm long in fruit. Sepals ca 8 mm long. Petals ca 1 cm long. Stamens ca 8 mm long. Fruits linear-oblong, terete, ca 5 cm long; valves with prominent midrib. Seeds minute, oblong-ellipsoid.

Fl. & Fr. June - July.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

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