| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema coridifolium DC. |
| Synonyms | Iberis jucunda Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss. |
| Lepidium leiocarpum DC. | |
| 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 | ascending subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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