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Alyssum Minutum
''Alyssum minutum'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Alyssum'', family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe. An Annual plant, annual herbaceous plant, typically reaching a size of 5–10cm, it grows on gravelly soil, rocky slopes and dry grassland. It flowers from March until early summer. Its chromosome number is 2n=16. Distribution The plant is found in scattered locations on the Iberian Peninsula (at elevations of 1000–2000m in the Baetic System and in the central and northwestern parts of the peninsula), Italy (Sardinia, Sicily and Calabria), Greece (throughout the mainland, Crete, Lesbos and some of the larger islands; at elevations of 500–1900m, rarely as low as sea level or as high as 2200m), in southern Albania, North Macedonia, southeastern Serbia, Bulgaria (in the Upper Thracian Plain and the north-east), A much wider distribution for Bulgaria is given in . in eastern Romania, northern Moldova, in Ukraine (especially in the Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssum
''Alyssum'' is a genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. The genus comprises annual plant, annual and perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plants or (rarely) small shrubs, growing to 10–100 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves. Alyssum flowers are characteristically small and grouped in terminal clusters; they are often yellow or white colored but can be pink or purple. The genera ''Lobularia (plant), Lobularia'', ''Aurinia'' and ''Odontarrhena'' are closely related to ''Alyssum'' and were formerly included in it. The widely cultivated species popularly known as "sweet alyssum" (''Alyssum maritimum'') is ''Lobularia maritima''. The common rockery plant (''Alyssum saxatile'') is ''Aurinia saxatilis''. ''Alyssum'' foliage is used as food by the caterpillars of certain Lepidoptera, including the Orthonama obstipata, Gem (''Orthon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |