Brassicaceae
Sweet alyssum
Lobularia maritima
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lobularia
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- خرم الإبرة البحري, خرم الإبرة
- arz
- خرم الابرة البحرى
- Azerbaijani
- Dəniz lobulariyası
- Basque
- Latxortena
- Belarusian
- Бурачок марскі
- Catalan
- Caps blancs, Escopina de Crist, Escopinada, Escopinada del dimoni, Herba d'alacrà, Morrisà bord, Salivetes de monja, Salivetes del Bon Jesús
- Chinese
- 香雪球, 芳香庭荠
- Czech
- Tařicovka přímořská
- Dutch
- Zilverschildzaad
- English
- Sweet alyssum
- Estonian
- Kivikilbik
- Finnish
- Tuoksupielus
- French
- Alysson maritime
- German
- Strand-Silberkraut, Strandkresse
- Japanese
- ニワナズナ
- Lithuanian
- Lobuliarija
- Persian
- گل عسل
- Portuguese
- Alisso
- Russian
- Газонница приморская
- Slovak
- Lobulária prímorská
- Spanish
- Barba blanca, Herba blanca, Mastuerzo marino, Mastuerzo maritimo, Proqueletes de plata, Siempre en flor
- Swedish
- Strandkrassing
- Turkish
- Kraliyet halısı
- Welsh
- Alyswm pêr
Synonyms
- Adyseton halimifolium Link
- Adyseton maritimum (L.) Link
- Adyseton orbiculare Bubani
- Alyssum halimifolium (All.) Willd.
- Alyssum odoratum hort.
- Clypeola halimifolia Link
- Crucifera koniga E.H.L.Krause
- Draba maritima (L.) Lam.
- Glyce maritima (L.) Lindl.
- Koniga halymifolia Rchb.
- Koniga maroccana Gand.
- Lobularia halimifolia (All.) Bluff, Nees & Schauer
- Lobularia maritima f. rubescens (Domac) Trinajstić
- Lobularia maritima var. rubescens Domac
- Octadenia maritima (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 2,974 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: joaquin guerrero campo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jaume Navarro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anais Iafrate, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.