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Matthiola fruticulosa (Matthiola fruticulosa)

Description

The field wallflower ( Matthiola fruticulosa ) is a perennial herb that grows in dry and rocky sites of the Mediterranean basin except in Corsica and Sardinia It is a perennial, herbaceous subleñosa at the base, with stems of between 10 and 60 cm high covered with dense white hair. The leaves are alternate, oblong to linear, gray-green in color. It flowers between early spring and mid- summer forming inflorescences of yellow flowers to purple, pedicelled, with four petals arranged in cross of up to 3 cm and sepals up to 15 mm. The fruit is a cylindrical silicua

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Brassicales

            • Family: Brassicaceae

              • Genus: Matthiola