| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema cordatum (Desf.) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 350 (1867) |
| Native Range | Morocco, c. & s. Greece to c. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1300-2400m |
| Description | branchlets usually unbranched, leaves glaucous, ovate to triangular-ovate, cordate, amplexicaule, ca. 1cm long, corolla 10-15mm across in raceme |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pale yellow, 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 cardiophylloides Bornm. & Gauba Aethionema cardiophyllum Boiss. & Heldr. Aethionema cardiophyllum var. edentulatum Boiss. Aethionema cordatum ssp. pichleri (Boiss.) Hartvig & A.Strid Aethionema cordatum var. pichleri Boiss. Aethionema koenigii Woronow Aethionema moricandianum (Boiss.) Boiss. Eunomia cordata (Desf.) DC. Eunomia moricandiana Boiss. Lepidium tournefortii Spreng. Myagrum chlorifolium Willd. Thlaspi cordatum Desf. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |