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Alyssum (Alyssum strigosum)

Description

This is a hairy annual or biennial herb producing stems which grow upright or lie along the ground to a maximum length of 30 to 40 centimeters. It produces yellow flowers fading to white with four small petals about 1.5 mm long. The fruit is a round, hairy capsule up to half a centimeter long. The hairs are branched, often stellate (star shapedAlyssum strigosum is a cruciferous plant species described by Joseph Banks and Daniel Carl Solander . According to Catalog of Life included alyssum strigosum the genus stone herbs and family crucifers , but according Dyntaxa is the affinity instead genus stone herbs and family crucifers . The species occurs temporarily in Sweden , but reproduces not. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life . ).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Brassicales

            • Family: Brassicaceae

              • Genus: Alyssum