| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & Hohen. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 8: 42 (1849) |
| Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-3000m |
| Description | branchlets simple, leaves oblong-linear, attenuate, obtuse, flowers large in compact, short raceme, siliques orbiculate, to 1cm broad |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
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| 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 | Aethionema cordifolium Boiss. Aethionema grandiflorum var. parviflorum Boiss. Aethionema pallidiflorum Hausskn. & Bornm. Aethionema pulchellum Boiss. & A.Huet |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |
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