| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema spicatum Post |
| Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 15: 62 (1885) |
| Native Range | Syria to s. & e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 900-1100m |
| Description | leaves obovate, more than 1cm long, sometimes opposite, subcarnose, flowers 10-15mm across, in short, dense, capitate raceme |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | 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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |