| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema ovalifolium (DC.) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 351 (1867) |
| Native Range | Spain to sw. France, Sardegna |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glabrous, glaucous, basal leaves oblong, the upper linear or elliptic, entire, obtuse, flowers in elongate raceme, silicles orbiculate, alate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| 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 dimorphocarpum Giraudias Aethionema marginatum (Lapeyr.) Pau Aethionema minus Rouy & Foucaud Aethionema monospermum W.T.Aiton Aethionema monospermum ssp. pyrenaicum (Boutigny) Nyman Aethionema monospermum var. rosaceum Rothm. Aethionema pyrenaicum Boutigny Aethionema saxatile var. bracteatum Giraud Aethionema saxatile var. marginatum (Lapeyr.) Fiori Aethionema saxatile ssp. monospermum (R.Br.) P.Fourn. Aethionema saxatile var. monospermum (R.Br.) Thell. Aethionema saxatile ssp. ovalifolium (DC.) Nyman Aethionema saxatile var. ovalifolium DC. Aethionema varians Giraudias Lepidium marginatum Lapeyr. Thlaspi marginatum (Lapeyr.) Lapeyr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) |