| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Hormathophylla spinosa (L.) P.Küpfer |
| Bibliography | Boissiera 23: 208 (1974) |
| Native Range | s. France to se. Spain, nw. Africa |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 100-3800m |
| Description | leaves oblong to lanceolate, crowded at apex of sterile branchlets, silvery white, flowers rather large, sepals caducous, petals obovate, silicles orbiculate, glabrous |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | white, pinkish purple |
| Bloom | 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 | Adyseton spinosum (L.) Link Anodontea spinosa (L.) Sweet Alyssum spinosum L. Clypeola spinosa (L.) Link Draba spinosa (L.) Lam. Iberis semperflorens Burm.f. Koniga spinosa (L.) Spach Lobularia spinosa Steud. Ptilotrichum spinosum (L.) Boiss. Ptilotrichum spinosum var. roseum Farrer Ptilotrichum spinosum var. virens Willk. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |