Lobularia

taxobox
name = "Lobularia"


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

"Lobularia" is a genus of four or five species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, closely related to (and formerly often included in) the genus "Alyssum".

The genus is native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean region, and comprises annual plants growing to 10-40 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves and white flowers.

;Selected species
*"Lobularia canariensis"
*"Lobularia libyca"
*"Lobularia intermedia" (syn. "L. canariensis" subsp. "intermedia")
*"Lobularia marginata" (syn. "L. canariensis" subsp. "marginata")
*"Lobularia maritima"

Cultivation and uses

"Lobularia maritima" (Sweet Alyssum; syn. "Alyssum maritimum") is a very popular garden plant; it has become widely naturalised throughout the temperate world.

References

* [http://www.floradecanarias.com/lobularia_canariensis.html "Lobularia canariensis"] (in Spanish; photo)
* [http://www.floradecanarias.com/lobularia_libyca.html "Lobularia lybica"] (in Spanish; photo)