Brassicaceae
Virginia stock
Malcolmia maritima
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Malcolmia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Afrikaans
- Strandviooltjie
- Chinese
- 涩荠, 涩薺, 希腊芥, 海岸涩荠, 海滨希腊芥, 海滨涩荠, 马柯草
- Czech
- Večernička přímořská
- Dutch
- Zeeviolier
- English
- Virginia stock
- Estonian
- Meri-malkolmia
- Finnish
- Merimalkolmia
- Japanese
- バージニアストック, ヴァージニアストック
- Swedish
- Strandlövkoja
- Welsh
- Murwyll Virginia
Synonyms
- Cheiranthus littoreus All.
- Cheiranthus maritimus L.
- Crucifera malcolmia E.H.L.Krause
- Hesperis maritima (L.) Lam.
- Malcolmia maritima f. ramosa (Beck) V.Nikolić
- Malcolmia maritima var. leucadiana Stork
- Malcolmia maritima var. maritima W.T. Aiton
- Wilckia maritima Halácsy
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June, August to September (from 19 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jon Mortin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.