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Alyssum
Alyssum
Alyssum is a genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. The genus comprises annual and 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, 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Small Alison
speciesAlyssum alyssoides
desert madwort
speciesAlyssum desertorum
Field Alison
speciesAlyssum simplex
Alyssum montanum
complexAlyssum montanum
Alyssum lenense
speciesAlyssum lenense
Alyssum hirsutum
speciesAlyssum hirsutum
Alyssum trichostachyum
speciesAlyssum trichostachyum
Alyssum granatense
speciesAlyssum granatense
Alyssum minutum
speciesAlyssum minutum
Umbellate Madwort
speciesAlyssum umbellatum
Hairy Alyssum
speciesAlyssum strigosum
Diffuse Alyssum
speciesAlyssum diffusum
Alyssum baumgartnerianum
speciesAlyssum baumgartnerianum
Alyssum szovitsianum
speciesAlyssum szovitsianum
Alyssum dasycarpum
speciesAlyssum dasycarpum
Wulfen's Alyssum
speciesAlyssum wulfenianum
Alyssum turkestanicum
speciesAlyssum turkestanicum
Alyssum spruneri
speciesAlyssum spruneri
Alyssum collinum
speciesAlyssum collinum
Alyssum calycocarpum
speciesAlyssum calycocarpum
Alyssum flexicaule
speciesAlyssum flexicaule
Alyssum repens
speciesAlyssum repens
Alyssum iljinskae
speciesAlyssum iljinskae
Alyssum damascenum
speciesAlyssum damascenum
Alyssum scutigerum
speciesAlyssum scutigerum
Alyssum pulvinare
speciesAlyssum pulvinare
Alyssum rostratum
speciesAlyssum rostratum
Alyssum strictum
speciesAlyssum strictum
Alyssum pirinicum
speciesAlyssum pirinicum
Alyssum cuneifolium
speciesAlyssum cuneifolium
Fulvescent Alyssum
speciesAlyssum fulvescens
Alyssum dagestanicum
speciesAlyssum dagestanicum
Alyssum thymops
speciesAlyssum thymops
Alyssum smyrnaeum
speciesAlyssum smyrnaeum
Leafy Alyssum
speciesAlyssum foliosum
Rhodian Alyssum
speciesAlyssum pogonocarpum
Alyssum handelii
speciesAlyssum handelii
Alyssum cognense
speciesAlyssum cognense
Alyssum neglectum
speciesAlyssum neglectum
Alyssum idaeum
speciesAlyssum idaeum
Alyssum armenum
speciesAlyssum armenum
Alyssum bornmuelleri
speciesAlyssum bornmuelleri
Alyssum macrocalyx
speciesAlyssum macrocalyx
Alyssum stapfii
speciesAlyssum stapfii
Alyssum lycaonicum
speciesAlyssum lycaonicum
Alyssum rossetii
speciesAlyssum rossetii
Alyssum pluscanescens
speciesAlyssum pluscanescens
Alyssum xiphocarpum
speciesAlyssum xiphocarpum
Alyssum sulphureum
speciesAlyssum sulphureum
Alyssum paphlagonicum
speciesAlyssum paphlagonicum
Alyssum siculum
speciesAlyssum siculum
Alyssum pintodasilvae
speciesAlyssum pintodasilvae
Alyssum muelleri
speciesAlyssum muelleri
Alyssum aizoides
speciesAlyssum aizoides
Alyssum lepidotostellatum
speciesAlyssum lepidotostellatum
Alyssum artvinense
speciesAlyssum artvinense
Alyssum mouradicum
speciesAlyssum mouradicum
Alyssum persicum
speciesAlyssum persicum
Alyssum tenium
speciesAlyssum tenium
Alyssum contemptum
speciesAlyssum contemptum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.150
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1482
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.550
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.411
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.417
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.515
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.509
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.195
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71958.