| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen. |
| Synonyms | Aethionema cordifolium Boiss. |
| Aethionema pallidiflorum Hausskn. & Bornm. | |
| Aethionema pulchellum Boiss. & A.Huet | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-3000m |
| Description | branchlets simple, leaves oblong-linear, attenuate, obtuse, flowers large in compact, short raceme, siliques orbiculate, to 1cm broad |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | 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 |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | BRASSICACEAE
grandiflorum sintensii (Hausskn. & Bornm.) Govaerts, World Checkl. Seed Pl. 1(1): 6 (1995)
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