Arabis pamirica Y. C. Lan & Z. X. An, Fl. Xinjiang. 2(2): 375. 1995.

Herbs annual or ?perennial, ca. 30 cm tall, densely villous throughout with straight, 1-forked, stalked and simple trichomes. Stems erect, branched at base and above. Basal leaves unknown; lower and middle cauline leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 cm × 4-10 mm, base cuneate, margin coarsely dentate or pinnatifid, apex acuminate. Racemes ebracteate, elongated considerably in fruit. Fruiting pedicels erect, appressed to rachis, straight, slender, 2-4 mm, densely covered with simple and branched trichomes. Sepals oblong, 1.5-2 × ca. 0.5 mm, scarious at margin, densely pubescent with straight simple trichomes. Petals pink, oblanceolate, 2-2.5 × ca. 0.7 mm, attenuate to base, apex obtuse. Filaments pink, 1.2-2 mm; anthers suboblong, ca. 0.5 mm, minutely apiculate. Fruit 3-4.7 cm × 1-1.1 mm, erect, appressed to rachis; valves densely villous with straight, stalked, forked trichomes to 1 mm; style obsolete; stigma deeply 2-lobed. Seeds yellowish brown, oblong, 0.8-1 × 0.6-0.7 mm, slightly compressed. Fl. and fr. Jul.

* About 3700 m. Xinjiang.