| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Matthiola valesiaca (J.Gay ex Gaudin) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 153 (1867) |
| Native Range | Spain, Pyrenees, s. Alps, Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | not ramose, grey tomentose, leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, to 6cm, crowded in rosette, flowers solitary, violet or green striate, sinuate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | lilac, brown-green |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| 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 | Cheiranthus arenarius Suffren ex DC. Cheiranthus valesiacus J.Gay ex Gaudin Cheiranthus varius Sm. Hesperis varia (Sm.) Kuntze Matthiola carnica Tammaro Matthiola fruticulosa ssp. valesiaca (J.Gay ex Gaudin) P.W.Ball Matthiola tristis ssp. valesiaca (J.Gay ex Gaudin) Rouy & Foucaud Matthiola varia (Sm.) DC. Matthiola varia ssp. valesiaca (J.Gay ex Gaudin) Nyman |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |