| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Matthiola sinuata (L.) W.T.Aiton |
| Bibliography | Hortus Kew. 4: 120 (1812) |
| Native Range | w. Europe to Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | stems leafy, leaves oblong-lanceolate, the basal sometimes pinnatifid or pinnatipartite, pedicels laxly glandular-tomentose, flowers solitary, siliques tomentose |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | pale violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | biennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C |
| Synonyms | Cheiranthus muricatus Lam. Cheiranthus sinuatus L. Cheiranthus tricuspidatus Huds. Hesperis glandulosa (Vis.) Kuntze Hesperis sinuata (L.) Lam. Matthiola australis Rouy & Fouc. Matthiola glandulosa Vis. Matthiola incana ssp. cyrenaica Brullo & Furnari Matthiola oyensis Menier & Viaud Matthiola sinuata ssp. australis Rouy & Foucaud Matthiola sinuata var. australis (Rouy & Foucaud) P.Fourn. Matthiola sinuata var. bracteata Boiss. & Heldr. Matthiola sinuata var. cornigera Halácsy Matthiola sinuata var. glabrata Guss. Matthiola sinuata var. glabrescens Conti Matthiola sinuata ssp. glandulosa (Vis.) Vierh. Matthiola sinuata f. intermedia Conti Matthiola sinuata f. ligurica Conti Matthiola sinuata ssp. ligurica (Conti) Vierh. Matthiola sinuata var. numidica Coss. Matthiola sinuata f. orientalis Conti Mattihola sinuata var. oyensis (Ménier & Viaud) Rouy & Foucaud Matthiola sinuata var. pubescens Conti |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is.) |