Plants : BrassicaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop.

Hairy Rock-cress

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Arabis hirsuta

Description: A small plant, usually less than six inches in height with a basal rosette of undivided leaves and small white flowers.This species occurs principally in two areas and habitats: around the coast on sandhills and inland on rocky ground around the limestone areas of Co. Fermanagh.

The species includes Arabis brownii, a minor variant which has been treated as a separate species by some botanists, but only differs from A. hirsuta by being much less hairy.

All names: Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop.; Arabis brownii Jordan

Distribution Map from NBN: Arabis hirsuta at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Arabis hirsuta at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Arabis hirsuta. (L.) Scop.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2889. Accessed on 2026-11-02.