Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Alyssum spruneri Jord. & Fourr. |
Bibliography | Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 12 (1868) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | lower leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, stem leaves linear, all usually grey-green, flowers 4-6mm across in compact raceme, silicles 2-4mm long, elliptic, densely pubescent |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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 densistellatum T.R.Dudley Alyssum galicicae (Formánek) Hayek Alyssum mildeanum Podp. Alyssum montanum sp. alibotuschiense (Degen & Dren.) Stoj. & Stef. Alyssum montanum f. alibotuschiense Degen & Dren. Alyssum montanum var. brachyphyllum Halácsy Alyssum montanum ssp. epiroticum (Jos.Baumgartner) Hayek Alyssum montanum var. galicicae Formánek Alyssum montanum ssp. graecum Hayek Alyssum montanum var. graecum Halácsy Alyssum montanum var. hymettium Boiss. Alysuum montanum var. leiocarpum Griseb. Alyssum montanum f. macrophyllum Novák Alyssum montanum f. microphyllum Novák Alyssum montanum var. ramosissimum (Jos.Baumgartner) Diklic Alyssum montanum ssp. regis-borisii (Degen & Dren.) Stoj. Alyssum montanum var. regis-borisii Degen & Dren. Alyssum montanum ssp. scardicum (Wettst.) Hayek Alyssum montanum ssp. serbicum Novák Alyssum montanum f. stenophyllum (Halácsy) Jos.Baumgartner Alyssum olympicum Halácsy Alyssum repens var. scardicum (Wettst.) Beck Alyssum repens var. stenophyllum Halácsy Alyssum scardicum Wettst. Alyssum stribrnyi Velen. Alyssum stribrnyi f. gymnocarpum Beck Alyssum thessalum Halácsy Alyssum thracicum Velen. Alyssum virescens Halácsy Alyssum vourinonense T.R.Dudley & Rech.f. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |