Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Alyssum > Alyssum turkestanicumAlyssum turkestanicumSynonyms: Alyssum afghanicum; Alyssum desertorum; Alyssum desertorum f. argenteum; Alyssum desertorum var. desertorum; Alyssum desertorum var. himalayense; Alyssum desertorum var. himalayensis; Alyssum desertorum var. prostratum; Alyssum desertorum var. socolacicum; Alyssum minimum (heterotypic); Alyssum sartorii (homotypic); Alyssum turkestanicum var. desertorum (homotypic); Alyssum vindobonense; Crucifera psilonema; Psilonema minimum Alyssum desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name desert madwort. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is found in parts of western North America as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. This is a hairy annual herb producing upright stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. It produces small yellowish flowers and round, notched fruits a few millimeters long. The seeds are winged and have embryonic roots. |
Allergen Potential [1] | Medium |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Phodopus roborovskii, Patricia D. Ross, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 459, pp. 1-4 (1994) ♦ 3Foraging behaviour and diet of an ectothermic herbivore: Testudo horsfieldi, Frédéric Lagarde, Xavier Bonnet, Johanna Corbin, Brian Henen, Ken Nagy, Baktjior Mardonov and Guy Naulleau, ECOGRAPHY 26: 236–242, 2003 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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