| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema armenum Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2. 17: 191 (1842) |
| Native Range | s. Transcaucasus to c. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-1700m |
| Description | branchlets simple, leaves short, linear, acute, flowers minute in compact raceme, siliques obovate, obtuse, incised, winged, wings crenate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | early summer |
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| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aethionema armenum var. papillosum Bornm. Aethionema polygaloides Ledeb. Aethionema pseudarmenum Stapf & Sprague Aethionema purpureum Sealey Aethionema recurvum Hausskn. & Bornm. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |
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