| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Lutzia cretica (L.) Greuter & Burdet |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 13: 94 (1983) |
| Native Range | Greece to Aegean Islands |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-1100m |
| Description | silvery, leaves obovate-oblong, entire, obtuse, flowers large in short racemes, silicles large, spherical to broadly ovoid |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Alyssoides cretica (L.) Medik. Alyssoides cretica f. oocarpum (Gand.) Critop. Alyssoides cretica f. turbinata (Gand.) Critop. Alyssoides tomentosa Moench Alyssum creticum L. Alyssum oocarpum Gand. Alyssum paniculatum Desf. Lutzia australis (Gand.) A..W.Hill Lutzia fruticosa Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. australis Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. globosa Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. heracleotica Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. idaea Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. lata Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. litorea Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. longifolia Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. oocarpa Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. salicina Gand. Lutzia fruticosa f. virescens Gand. Lutzia globosa (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia heracleotica (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia idaea (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia lata (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia litorea (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia longifolia (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia oocarpa (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia salicina (Gand.) A.W.Hill Lutzia virescens (Gand.) A.W.Hill Scleroptychis cretica (L.) Degen Vesicaria cretica (L.) Poir. Vesicaria paniculata (Desf.) Desv. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |