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Noccaea oppositifolia (Pers.) Al-Shehbaz & Menke  
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FamilyBRASSICACEAE
Genus speciesNoccaea oppositifolia (Pers.) Al-Shehbaz & Menke 
BibliographyTaxon 61: 949 (2012)
Native RangeLebanon
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude2000-3000m
Descriptionbranchlets short, leaves opposite, obovate, carnose, glaucous, flowers in small, terminal raceme, corolla tetramerous, silicles oblong-elliptic, rounded
Size5-10cm
Colorpink
Bloomearly summer
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
SynonymsAethionema bourgaei Boiss.
Aethionema chlorifolium (Sm.) Boiss.
Aethionema oppositifolium (Pers.) Hedge
Eunomia bourgaei (Boiss.) Boiss.
Eunomia chlorifolia (Sm.) DC.
Eunomia oppositifolia DC.
Iberis chlorifolia Sm.
Iberis olympica Sibth. ex DC.
Iberis oppositifolia Pers.
Lepidium oppositifolium (Pers.) Labill.
Thlaspi oppositifolium (Pers.) Poir.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria)
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