| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 3: 66 (1831) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to China and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-5000m |
| Description | silvery pilose, leaves carnose, sessile, oblong or linear, 4-12mm long, obtuse, flowers in raceme, sepals oblong, caducous, petals obovate, 2-3mm long, sometimes pinkish |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| 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 early summer |
| Synonyms | Adyseton fischerianus Sweet Alyssum canescens DC. Alyssum cretaceum Adams Alyssum dahuricum Schltdl. ex DC. Alyssum dauricum Schltdl. ex DC. Alyssum imbricatum Schltdl. ex DC. Alyssum montanum Patrin ex DC. Anodontea canescens (DC.) Sweet Clypeola maritima Georgi Ptilotrichum cretaceum (Adams) Ledeb. Stevenia canescens (DC.) D.A.German |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |