Arabis alpina, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 294

32. A. alpina L. , Sp. Pl. 664 (1753).

5-40 cm, erect or ascending, with few rosettes, usually sparsely and coarsely stellatehairy. Basal leaves greenish, coarsely dentate with 4-7 acute

teeth on each side; cauline leaves cordate to auriculate at the base, the apex acute; axis of inflorescence and pedicels usually pubescent. Sepals 3-5 mm; petals 6-10 x 2-3-5 mm, spathulate, somewhat patent. Siliqua 20-35 x 1-4-2 mm; pedicels 6-15 mm; valves with an indistinct median vein. Seeds conspicuously winged. 2« =16, 32. Moist montane rocks and gravels; also arctic wastes. Much o f Europe but rare or absent from most o f the east. Al Au Br Bu Co Cz Fe G a Ge?Gr He Hs Hu Is It Ju N o Po Rm Rs (N, W) Sb Su.