| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema coridifolium DC. |
| Bibliography | Syst. Nat. 2: 561 (1821) |
| Native Range | nw. Iraq to Lebanon and c. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-1900m |
| Description | branchlets carnose, leaves dense, short, oblong-linear, obtuse or acute, flowers large in compact, short raceme, siliques obovate-oblong, emarginate, narrowly winged |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | pink |
| 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 grandiflorum ssp. coridifolium (DC.) Govaerts Iberis jucunda Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss. Lepidium leiocarpum DC. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |
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