Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Alyssum taygeteum Heldr. |
Bibliography | Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 703 (1898) |
Native Range | c. & s. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2400m |
Description | white or silvery, leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, acute, flowers in raceme, sepals apically with tuft of hairs, petals 9mm long, silicles elliptic |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |