| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aurinia orientalis (Ard.) Griseb. |
| Bibliography | Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 272 (1843) |
| Native Range | Balkan Peninsula to w. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate in dense rosette, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, flowers numerous in short racemes |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 | Adyseton orientale (Ard.) Sweet Alyssum affine Ten. Alyssum saxatile var. orientale (Ard.) Beck Alyssum saxatile ssp. orientalis (Ard.) Rech. Alyssum orientale Ard. Alyssum orientale f. umbrosum Heldr. Aurinia saxatilis ssp. orientalis (Ard.) T.R.Dudley Clypeola tomentosa L. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |