Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aubrieta deltoidea (L.) DC. |
Bibliography | Syst. Nat. 2: 294 (1821) |
Native Range | c. Greece to w. Crete and w. Turkey, Sicilia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 200-2300m |
Description | adpressed grey hirsute, leaves obovate or oblong-rhombic, often acutely denticulate, flowers in short raceme, petals obovate, silicles short, linear |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, 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 | Alyssum deltoideum L. Aubrieta deltoidea var. cithaeronea Mattf. Aubrieta deltoidea var. graeca (Griseb.) Regel Aubrieta deltoidea var. microphylla Boiss. Aubrieta deltoidea ssp. sicula (Strobl) Phitos Aubrieta deltoidea var. sicula Strobl Aubrieta deltoidea ssp. sporadum Phitos Aubrieta deltoidea var. sporadum (Phitos) Phitos Aubrieta deltoidea var. variegata E.C.Hend. Aubrieta floribunda Spach Aubrieta graeca Griseb. Aubrieta hendersonii E.G.Hend. Aubrieta hesperidiflora (Lam.) G.Don Aubrieta integrifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Crucifera aubrieta E.H.L.Krause Draba hesperidifolia Lam. Farsetia deltoidea (L.) R.Br. Farsetia italica Ces. & al. Vesicaria deltoidea (L.) Poir. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |