| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Kernera saxatilis (L.) Sweet |
| Bibliography | Hort. Brit.: 467 (1826) |
| Native Range | n. & e. Spain to Romania and Poland |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2700m |
| Description | leaves numerous in rosette, obovate to lanceolate, tapered to petiole, stem leaves smaller, more narrow, flowers 3-5mm in elongate raceme, silicles ovoid-spherical, glabrous |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alyssum alpinum Scop. Alyssum myagrodes All. Alyssum rupestre Willd. Camelina myagrodes Moretti Camelina saxatilis (L.) Pers. Cochlearia decipiens Willk. Cochlearia saxatilis L. Cochlearia saxatilis var. auriculata Gaudin Cochlearia saxatilis f. diminuta Bolzon Cochlearia saxatilis var. incisa DC. Cochlearia saxatilis var. lyrata Gaudin Cochlearia saxatilis f. pusilla (Gaudin) Bolzon Cochlearia saxatilis var. pusilla Gaudin Crucifera kernera E.H.L.Krause Gonyclisia saxatilis (L.) Dulac. Kernera decipiens (Willk.) Nyman Kernera myagrodes Medik. Kernera myagrodes var. coronopifolia Brügger Kernera saxatilis var. hispanica Pau Myagrum alpinum Lapeyr. Myagrum auriculatum DC. Myagrum montanum Bergeret Myagrum saxatile (L.) L. Nasturtium saxatile (L.) Crantz |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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