Parrya exscapa Ledeb., Icon. Pl. Ross. 1: 21, t. 86. 1829; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 131. 1872.

Herbs, tufted, glabrous or puberulous; rootstock woody, slender. Leaves rosulate, spathulate, entire or irregularly toothed, 15 - 40 x 3 - 8 mm. Flowers purple, ca 2 mm across; pedicels 1.5 - 3.5 cm long. Sepals ca 8 mm long. Petals 15 - 20 mm long. Stamens ca 7, ca 8 mm long; anthers ca 3 mm long. Fruits oblong, compressed, drooping, 4.5 - 5.5 x 0.5 cm. Seeds 1 - 2-seriate, ovate-orbicular, brown with broad membranous wing.

Fl. & Fr. May - July.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir.

Pakistan and Central Asia.