Alyssum

Alyssum

taxobox
name = "Alyssum"



image_caption = "Alyssum montanum"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Alyssum"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

"Alyssum" is a genus of about 100-170 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 and perennial herbaceous plants or (rarely) small shrubs, growing to 10-100 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves and yellow or white flowers (pink to purple in a few species).

The genera "Lobularia" and "Aurinia" are closely related to "Alyssum" and were formerly included in it. The widely cultivated species popularly known as "Sweet Alyssum" is "Lobularia maritima". The common rockery plant is "Aurinia saxatilis".

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