Cardamine gouldii Al-Shehbaz, Novon 11: 289. 2001. TYPE: Bhutan, [Bumthang District], Yatong La to Gyesta, 9,800-11,700 ft, 7 May 1938, B. J. Gould 415 (holotype, KI).
Herbs, perennial; underground parts, basal leaves, and lowermost portions of stem unknown. Stems striate, sparsely pilose with trichomes to 0.6 mm; distal nodes 5-11 cm apart. Cauline leaves 5-foliolate; uppermost trifoliolate; petiole 1-3 cm, narrowly winged, base not auriculate; terminal leaflet oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-5 ´ 0.7-2 cm, sparsely hirsute with trichomes to 0.6 mm, subsessile or cuneate basally into a petiolule to 5 mm, margin entire to repand, ciliolate with trichomes to 0.1 mm, lateral veins ending in mucronulate callosities to 0.2 mm, apex rounded to obtuse; lateral leaflets oblong, sessile, similar to and smaller than terminal leaflet. Racemes ebracteate; lax, 5- to 10-flowered; flowering pedicels slender, recurved, 5-10 mm. Sepals drying lavender, oblong, 5-7 ´ 2-3 mm, sparsely pilose, base saccate; petals white, oblong, 12-15 ´ 4-6 mm, apex rounded; claw ca. 1.5 mm; stamens erect; filaments of median pairs 8-10 mm, those of lateral pair 6-7 mm; anthers oblong, ca. 1.5 mm. Fruit and seeds unknown.
Flowering: May.
Distribution: Bhutan.
Notes: known thus far only from the type collection.