| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Odontarrhena tortuosa (Willd.) C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 3: 60 (1831) |
| Native Range | ec. & se. Europe to s. Siberia and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | stem leaves sebsessile, narrowly obovate or lanceolate, 5-20mm long, acute, flowers in raceme, sepals oblong, petals spathulate, 1-3mm long, obtuse |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alyssum alpestre var. tortuosum (Willd.) Fenzl Alyssum borysthenicum Zapal. Alyssum cuneipetalum Nyár. Alyssum decandolleum Nyár. Alyssum diversicaule P.A.Smirn. Alyssum grintescui Nyár. Alyssum longistylum (Sommier & Levier) Grossh. & Schischk. Alyssum meyerianum Rupr. Alyssum microphylliforme Nyár. Alyssum nyaradyi Bornm. & Gauba Alyssum odessanum Nyár. Alyssum schirwanicum Rupr. Alyssum serpyllifolium M.Bieb. Alyssum serpyllifolium var. longistylum Sommier & Levier Alyssum tortuosum Willd. Alyssum tortuosum f. angustissimum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. biacutum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum ssp. cretaceum Kotov Alyssum tortuosum ssp. cuspidatum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. ellipticum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum var. elongatum N.Busch Alyssum tortuosum ssp. eximium Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum var. grandiflorum Rupr. Alyssum tortuosum f. longicarpum Alyssum tortuosum var. longistylum (Sommier & Levier) N.Busch Alyssum tortuosum var. meyerianum Rupr. Alyssum tortuosum f. obovatocarpum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. obtusatum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. perlatum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. pusillum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. ramosissimum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. rhomboideum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum var. schiwanicum Rupr. Alyssum tortuosum f. strictum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. submoderatum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum f. subrotundatum Nyár. Alyssum tortuosum var. tenuirameum Rupr. Alyssum tortuosum var. viridescens Rupr. Alyssum transiens Nyár. Odontarrhena schirwanica (Rupr.) D.A.German Zizzia tortuosa (Waldst. & Kit.) Roth |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, HUN Hungary) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |
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