Description: Annual herbs, hoary-tomentose.
Flowers in racemes. Sepals equal. Petals clawed. Stamens with appendages.
Silicula compressed, dehiscent, septum broad, without prominent veins; seeds 4–6 per loculus.
Distribution and occurrence: World: 150 species, Mediterranean to Siberia. Australia: 2 species (naturalized).
The record of A. minus (L.) Rothm. for the State is not substantiated.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept:
Taxa not yet included in identification key
Alyssum alyssoides,
Alyssum linifolium
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