Brassicaceae
Pale madwort
Alyssum alyssoides
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Alyssum
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Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- اليسوم اليسويدس
- Belarusian
- Бурачок чашачны
- Bulgarian
- Чашков игловръх, Игловръх
- Catalan
- Alysson Calicinal
- Chinese
- 欧洲庭荠, 欧洲庭芥
- Czech
- Tařice kališní
- Danish
- Grådodder
- Dutch
- Bleek schildzaad
- English
- Pale madwort, Pale alyssum, Small alison, Yellow alyssum
- Estonian
- Tupp-kilbirohi
- Finnish
- Hietakilpiruoho
- French
- Alysson calicinal, Alysson à calices persistants, Herbe de la Rage, Passerage faux alysson, Passerage à calices persistants
- German
- Kelch-Steinkraut, Steinkraut, Alysson Calicinal
- hsb
- Konaškojta sadlička
- Lithuanian
- Alysson Calicinal
- Macedonian
- Обичен игловрв
- Polish
- Smagliczka kielichowata
- Russian
- Бурачок бурачковидный, Бурачок полевой, Бурачок чашечковый, Бурачок чашечный
- Slovak
- Tarica kališná
- Slovenian
- Navadni grobeljnik
- Spanish
- Hierba de la rabia, Yerba de la rabia, Aliaria, Hierba del ajo
- Swedish
- Grådådra, Alysson Calicinal
Synonyms
- Adyseton alyssoides Nieuwl.
- Adyseton calycinum Scop.
- Adyseton campestre (L.) Moench
- Adyseton mutabile Moench
- Alyssum alsinifolium Host
- Alyssum alyssoides f. albineum Farw.
- Alyssum alyssoides subsp. hispanicum (T.R.Dudley) Rivas Mart. & Sánchez Mata
- Alyssum alyssoides var. alyssoides L.
- Alyssum alyssoides var. depressum T.R.Dudley
- Alyssum alyssoides var. hispanicum T.R.Dudley
- Alyssum arvaticum Jord.
- Alyssum calicinum Neck.
- Alyssum calycinum L.
- Alyssum calycinum Haens. ex Nyman
- Alyssum campestre (L.) L.
- Alyssum campestre Hoffm.
- Alyssum campestre subsp. campestre (L.) L.
- Alyssum conglobatum Filarszky & Javorka
- Alyssum erraticum Jord.
- Alyssum fontqueri Sennen
- Alyssum lusitanicum Brot. ex Nyman
- Alyssum luteolum var. pumilum Pomel
- Alyssum micropetalum Kit.
- Alyssum montanum Brot.
- Alyssum parviflorum Schloss. ex Nyman
- Alyssum phymatocarpum Schlosser & Vuk.
- Alyssum polyodon Boiss. & Buhse
- Alyssum ruderale Jord.
- Alyssum sabulosum Jord.
- Alyssum schlosseri Heuff. ex Schlosser & Vuk.
- Alyssum sublineare Jord.
- Alyssum vagum Jord.
- Clypeola alyssoides L.
- Clypeola calycina All. ex Steud.
- Clypeola campestris L.
- Crucifera alyssoides E.H.L.Krause
- Crucifera calycina E.H.L.Krause
- Psilonema alyssoides (L.) Heidemann
- Psilonema calycinum C.A.Mey.
- Psilonema campestre (L.) Schur
and 3 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Paul Fabre, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.