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Hormathophylla spinosa

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(Redirected from Alyssum spinosum) Species of flowering plant

Hormathophylla spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Hormathophylla
Species: H. spinosa
Binomial name
Hormathophylla spinosa
L.
Synonyms
List
    • Adyseton spinosum (L.) Link
    • Alyssum spinosum L.
    • Anodontea spinosa (L.) Sweet
    • Clypeola spinosa (L.) Link
    • Draba spinosa (L.) Lam.
    • Koniga spinosa (L.) Spach
    • Ptilotrichum spinosum (L.) Boiss.

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.

It is especially cultivated in rock gardens. The cultivar H spinosa 'Roseum', with pink flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

  • 'Purpureum' 'Purpureum'
  • 'Roseum' 'Roseum'

References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  2. "RHS Plant Selector - Hormathophylla spinosa 'Roseum'". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Hormathophylla spinosa
Alyssum spinosum


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