Cardamine franklinensis I. Thompson, Muelleria 9: 152. 1996. TYPE: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, 3.2 km above Bendora on Mt. Franklin Road, 13 Nov 1953, C. W. E. Moore 2777 (holotype, NSW).

            Herbs, perennial, glabrous throughout. Stems erect, to 30 cm tall, usually branched from base and above. Basal leaves densely rosulate, thin, petiolate, to 15 cm, simple or pinnate; simple leaves spatualte, crenate or entire; pinnate leaves 3–5-foliolate, terminal lobe elliptic to ovate, lateral leaflets sessile, obovate, attenuate at base; cauline leaves 0–3, petiolate, not auriculate at base, reduced in size upwards, lower ones similar to basal leaves, uppermost simple, pinnatifid or entire. Raceme ebracteate, many flowered; fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending, ca. 10 mm. Sepals ovate, 2–3 mm; petals strongly differentiated into blade and claw, white or pink on the outside, 4.5–6.5 mm; stamens 6. Fruits suberect, 2.5–3.5 cm × 1.5–1.8 mm; style 1–2 mm. Seeds elliptic, 1.3–1.5 mm.

Flowering:

Habitat: subalpine woodlands, rocky scree slopes, among Poa tussocks.

Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria).