Brassicaceae
Alyssum
Alyssum strigosum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Alyssum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- أليس هزيل
- English
- Alyssum
- Macedonian
- Четинест игловрв
- Persian
- قدومه گلریز
Synonyms
- Alyssum campestre subsp. strigosum (Banks & Sol.) Jalas
- Alyssum minus subsp. strigosum (Banks & Sol.) Stoj.
- Alyssum minus var. strigosum (Banks & Sol.) Zohary
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Gabler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.