Arabis caucasica is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) known by the common names garden arabis, mountain rock cress or Caucasian rockcress.

Distribution and habitat: It is native to Crimea, Turkey, Iran, Caucasus and the Mediterranean. It grows in crevices of limestone rocks, streams and alpine meadows.

 Arabis caucasica is an evergreen perennial herb growing up to 1 ft by . It flowers in early spring and has white petals.

Cultivation: It is hardy to zones 4-9 and is not frost tender. A popular ornamental garden plant for its early flowers, cultivars include the pink ´Compinkie´. Under its putative synonym A. alpina subsp. caucasica, the cultivars ´Flore Pleno´ and ´Schneehaube´ have gained the Royal Horticultural Society´s Award of Garden Merit.