Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema graecum Boiss. & Spruner |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 6: 16 (1846) |
Native Range | ec. Greece to North Macedonia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, basal leaves elliptic, the upper linear-oblong, entire, obtuse, flowers in compact raceme, in fruit elongate, silicles alate, orbiculate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring, 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 acarii Gemici & Leblebici Aethionema balansae Boiss. Aethionema glaucescens Halácsy Aethionema gracile var. athoum Griseb. Aethionema graecum var. glaucescens (Halácsy) Halácsy Aethionema graecum var. pseudogracile Halácsy Aethionema saxatile var. athoum (Griseb.) Hayek Aethionema saxatile ssp. athoum (Griseb.) Hayek Aethionema saxatile f. glaucescens (Halácsy) Hayek Aethionema saxatile ssp. graecum (Boiss. & Spruner) Hayek Aethionema saxatile ssp. oreophilum I.A.Andersson & al. Aethionema saxatile var. vavdae Nadji Aethionema subcapitatum Bornm. Crenularia glaucescens Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |