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Matthiola flavida Boiss.  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesMatthiola flavida Boiss. 
BibliographyDiagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 9 (1846)
Native Ranges. Iran to sw. Pakistan
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionshortly yellow-grey hirsute, stems ramose, leaves lanceolate-oblong, dentate to lyrate-pinnatifid, the upper entire, flowers few in long, lax raceme
Size20-30cm
Colorbluish
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsHesperis flavida Kuntze
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan)
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