Arabis nova Vill., Prosp. Pl. Dauph. 39. 1779. A. auriculata Lam., Encycl. Meth. Bot. 1: 219. 1783; Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 135. 1872, p. p. A. montbretiana Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, 17: 53. 1842.

Herbs, annual or biennial, up to 40 cm high, erect, stellately hairy. Basal leaves oblong-spathulate or oblong-obovate, sinuate, toothed or subentire, obtuse at apex, 0.5 - 3 x 0.5 - 2 cm, pubescent. Cauline leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, toothed, 0.5 - 2 x 0.2 - 1.5 cm, with obtuse or apiculate basal lobes. Racemes up to 10-flowered, lax. Flowers ca 4 mm across, white; pedicels up to 5 mm long in fruit. Sepals ca 2 mm long. Petals ca 4 mm long. Stamens ca 2 mm long. Stigma small. Fruits linear-oblong, compressed, 2 - 3 cm long, usually minutely pubescent; seeds narrowly winged.

Fl. & Fr. April - June.

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

Pakistan, Afghanistan, W. Asia and Mediterranean.

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