Brassicaceae
Hoary alyssum
Berteroa incana
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Berteroa
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Common names
By language (23)
- arz
- بيرتيرو انكانا
- Belarusian
- Гарліца шэрая, Грымотнік
- Bulgarian
- Сива турия
- Chinese
- 团扇荠, 团扇薺
- csb
- Zwëczajnô pielniczka
- Czech
- Šedivka šedá
- Dutch
- Grijskruid
- English
- Hoary alyssum, Hoary alison
- Estonian
- Hall kogelejarohi
- Finnish
- Harmio, Idänharmio
- French
- Alysson blanc
- German
- Graukresse
- hsb
- Wšědna popróšnica
- Hungarian
- Fehér hamuka
- Kazakh
- Көкшытырша
- Lithuanian
- Pilkoji miltinaitė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hvitdodre
- Polish
- Pyleniec pospolity
- Romanian
- Ciucușoară
- Russian
- Икотник серый, Икотник серо-зеленый, Икотник серо-зелёный
- Slovak
- Šedivka sivá
- Swedish
- Sandvita
- Welsh
- Alyswm lledlwyd
Synonyms
- Alyssum incanum L.
- Alyssum incanum var. trichocarpum (Rohlena) Beck
- Berteroa incana f. trichocarpa (Rohlena) Trinajstić
- Berteroa incana subsp. stricta Stoj. & Stef.
- Berteroa incana var. bulgarica Degen & Urum.
- Berteroa incana var. trichocarpa Rohlena
- Berteroa stricta Boiss.
- Crucifera berteroa E.H.L.Krause
- Draba chaeirifolia J.P.Bergeret
- Draba cheiranthifolia Lam.
- Draba cheirifolia Berg. ex DC.
- Draba cheiriformis Lam.
- Draba dasycarpa Bernh.
- Draba grandiflora Bernh.
- Draba himalayensis Klotzsch
- Farsetia incana R.Br.
- Moenchia incana (L.) Roth
- Vesicaria incana Desv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hanna U., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Pollard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cherry/Prunus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, 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.