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Alyssum montanum
Plate 1 of 6. Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) (Public domain) · via Wikimedia

Alyssum montanum

Alyssum montanum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It is an evergreen, prostrate perennial with small, hairy, greyish leaves. It typically grows to 10-15 centimeters tall and 30-45 centimeters across. It produces tiny, yellow, fragrant flowers from May to July. These flowers are typically 4-6 centimeters across and borne in dense racemes.

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10 branches of this group, most-observed first

Alyssum gmelinii

speciesAlyssum gmelinii

Mountain Alyssum

speciesAlyssum montanum

Alyssum fastigiatum

speciesAlyssum fastigiatum

Alyssum austrodalmaticum

speciesAlyssum austrodalmaticum

Alyssum orophilum

speciesAlyssum orophilum

Alyssum atlanticum

speciesAlyssum atlanticum

Alyssum gallaecicum

speciesAlyssum gallaecicum

Alyssum cacuminum

speciesAlyssum cacuminum

Alyssum loiseleurii

speciesAlyssum loiseleurii

Alyssum rhodanense

speciesAlyssum rhodanense

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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 1534576.