| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Alyssum montanum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 2: 650 (1753) |
| Native Range | France to sw. Germany |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2500m |
| Description | greyish to whitish hirsute, leaves oblong or spathulate, upper leaves more narrow, flowers in elongate raceme, silicles round, ventricose, long rostrate |
| Size | 5-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 | Alyssum beugesiacum Jord. & Fourr. Alyssum brevifolium Jord. & Fourr. Alyssum collicola Rouy & Foucaud Alyssum collinum Jord. & Fourr. Alyssum montanum var. alpinum Boiss. Alyssum montanum var. beugesiacum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud Alyssum montanum var. brevifolium (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud Alyssum montanum ssp. collicola (Rouy & Foucaud) P.Fourn. Alyssum montanum var. obovatum Rchb. Alyssum montanum var. psammeum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud Alyssum montanum var. thiebautii Liou Alyssum montanum var. vulgare Boiss. Alyssum montanum var. xerophilum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud Alyssum porphyreticum Jord. & Fourr. Alyssum psammeum Jord. & Fourr. Alyssum styriacum Jord. & Fourr. Alyssum xerophilum Jord. & Fourr Moenchia saxatilis Schrank |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) |