Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Alyssum calycocarpum Rupr. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(2): 103 (1869) |
Native Range | Krym, n. Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1500-3200m |
Description | leaves minute, lower leaves obovate to orbiculate, upper leaves oblanceolate, all grey-white hirsute, flowers 5mm across, densely silvery white hirsute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alyssum calycocarpum var. collinae A.P.Iljinsk. Alyssum calycocarpum var. jailense A.P.Iljinsk. Alyssum calycocarpum var. umbellatae A.P.Iljinsk. Alyssum montanum var. genuinum Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |