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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Hormathophylla |
Species: | H. spinosa
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Binomial name | |
Hormathophylla spinosa | |
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Hormathophylla spinosa, formerly Alyssum spinosum, the spiny madwort, is a species of flowering subshrub in the genus Hormathophylla of the family Brassicaceae, native to open rocky sites in south-eastern France and southern Spain. It forms a compact mound up to 30 cm in height. Dense spiny branches of tiny, toothed grey-green leaves bear racemes of white flowers at the tips in early summer. [1]
It is especially cultivated in rock gardens. The cultivar H spinosa 'Roseum', [2] with pink flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Hormathophylla spinosa | |
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| |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Hormathophylla |
Species: | H. spinosa
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Binomial name | |
Hormathophylla spinosa | |
Synonyms | |
List
|
Hormathophylla spinosa, formerly Alyssum spinosum, the spiny madwort, is a species of flowering subshrub in the genus Hormathophylla of the family Brassicaceae, native to open rocky sites in south-eastern France and southern Spain. It forms a compact mound up to 30 cm in height. Dense spiny branches of tiny, toothed grey-green leaves bear racemes of white flowers at the tips in early summer. [1]
It is especially cultivated in rock gardens. The cultivar H spinosa 'Roseum', [2] with pink flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.