Brassicaceae
Szowits' madwort
Alyssum szovitsianum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Alyssum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أليس زوفيتس
- English
- Szowits' madwort
- Persian
- قدومه آراراتی
Synonyms
- Alyssum cryptopetalum Bunge
- Alyssum marginatum Steud. ex Boiss.
- Alyssum marginatum Steud.
- Alyssum parviflorum Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.
- Alyssum pyramidatulum Bornm.
- Alyssum scovitzianum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Anodontea marginata D.Dietr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Igor Karyakin, 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.