Arabis sparsiflora

Plant: Perennial; caudex branched or not; hairs multibranched to simple, spreading or appressed, coarse; stems 1-several, simple or branched above, 3-9 dm, generally stout; hairs below, sometimes above Leaves: basal many, 3-10 cm, linear-oblanceolate to wider, entire or ± dentate, hairy, tip acute; cauline many, sessile, 2-8 cm, linear-lanceolate or wider, base lobed, generally sagittate, clasping stem INFLORESCENCE: raceme; bracts 0 Flowers: bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, erect; petals 9-12 mm, 2-4 mm wide, spoon-shaped, pink to purple; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed Fruit: capsule, with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent, ascending to recurved, 6-12 cm, straight or curved, glabrous; pedicel ascending to spreading-recurved, 5-15 mm, often stout, glabrous to hairy; Seed round, ± many, generally 1 row per chamber; wing narrow Misc: Rocky slopes, valleys; < 2800 m.