Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Alyssum sphacioticum Boiss. & Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 8: 35 (1849) |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1200-2400m |
Description | silvery squamose, stems densely leafy, lower leaves ovate, the upper oblong-linear, flowers in raceme, petals oblong, entire, silicles large, orbiculate, squamose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | sulphur 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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |