Arabis caucasica is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) known by the common names garden arabis,[3] mountain rock cress or Caucasian rockcress.
It is native to Crimea, Turkey, Iran, Caucasus and the Mediterranean.
[4] It grows in crevices of limestone rocks, streams and alpine meadows.
A popular ornamental garden plant for its early flowers, cultivars include the pink 'Compinkie'.
caucasica, the cultivars 'Flore Pleno' [6] and 'Schneehaube'[7] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.