Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Alyssum baumgartnerianum Bornm. ex Jos.Baumg. |
Bibliography | Jahresber. Landes-Gymn. Baden bei Wien 48: 6 (1911) |
Native Range | Iran to Syria and s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1300-2100m |
Description | leaves small, dense, narrowly elliptic to linear-lanceolate, white hirsute, flowers 6mm across in compact raceme |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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 | Alyssum tetrastemon var. latifolium Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |