National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom

Common name: mountain rock cress

Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)

Synonym: Arabis 'Douler Angevine'

Distribution: Gardd/Garden

Hardiness: (H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)

Life form: Evergreen perennial • Bytholwyrdd lluosflwydd

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Arabis (AR-uh-biss): From the Greek word for mustard or cress, and the Greek word for Arabia, perhaps referring to the ability of these plants to grow in rocky or sandy soils.

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: alpina (AL-pin-a): of upland or mountainous regions, alpine, of the high Alps.

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: caucasica (kaw-KAS-ee-kuh): From the Caucasus, North Turkey.

Blodau Persawrus / Fragrant Flower: Yes

Description: A mat-forming, evergreen perennial forming loose rosettes of oval, toothed, mid-green leaves with irregular, pale yellow margins and short, upright stems bearing racemes of fragrant, four-petalled, bright pink flowers in late spring.