| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema speciosum Boiss. & A.Huet |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 5: 44 (1856) |
| Native Range | n. Iraq to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-3000m |
| Description | glaucous, branchlets simple, leaves ovate and oblong, obtuse, flowers large in lax raceme, silicles patent, retuse, winged, wings crenate-dentate |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | + |
| 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 latifolium Freyn Aethionema paphlagonicum Czeczott & Beauverd |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |
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