Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Alyssum repens Baumg. |
Bibliography | Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 2: 237 (1816) |
Native Range | Austria to Iran and sw. Jordan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 0-2400m |
Description | basal leaves in rosette, obovate to spathulate, stem leaves lanceolate, all grey-green, flowers about 5mm across in elongate raceme |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | dark yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alyssum decumbens Herbich Alyssum kotovii Iljinsk. Alyssum montanum var. ramosum Heuff. Alyssum montanum ssp. transsilvanicum (Schur) Nyman Alyssum repens f. macrocarpum Beck Alyssum repens f. microcarpum Beck Alyssum repens f. platyphyllum Beck Alyssum repens ssp. ramosum (Heuff.) Borbás Alyssum repens f. transsilvanicum (Schur) Beck Alyssum repens f. umbrosum Beck Alyssum transsilvanicum Schur |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |