Brassicaceae
Tenweeks stock
Matthiola incana
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Matthiola
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- منثور الصحراء, خيرى أصفر, عُصيفرة, منثور بري
- Armenian
- Շահպրակ ալեհեր
- arz
- ماتيولا انكانا
- Belarusian
- Ляўконія сівая
- Cantonese
- 紫羅蘭
- Catalan
- Violer bord
- Chinese
- 紫罗兰, 紫羅蘭
- Czech
- Fiala šedivá
- Danish
- Sommerlevkøj
- Dutch
- Violier, Zomerviolier
- English
- Tenweeks stock, Brompton stock, Common stock, Gilly-flower, Gillyflower, Hoary stock, Stock, Ten-week stock
- Estonian
- Aedlevkoi
- Finnish
- Välimerenleukoija
- French
- Grande giroflée, Giroflée des jardins, Girofée des fenêtres
- frr
- Guard-Lakeu
- German
- Garten-Levkoje, Sommerlevkoje
- Greek
- Μαθιόλα η πολιά
- gv
- Lus y touree
- Hebrew
- מנתור אפור
- Italian
- Violacciocca, Violacciocche, Violaciocca rossa
- Korean
- 스토크
- kw
- Knowdhel
- Malayalam
- മട്തിയോല ഇൻകാന
- Russian
- Левкой седой, Левкой сизый, Маттиола седая
- Slovak
- Fiala sivá
- Slovenian
- Šeboj, Fajgelj
- Swedish
- Lövkoja
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r fagwyr, Murwyll lledlwyd, Blodyn mam-gu
- wuu
- 紫罗兰
Synonyms
- Cheiranthus albus Mill.
- Cheiranthus arborescens Sieber ex Link
- Cheiranthus coccineus Mill.
- Cheiranthus glaber Mill.
- Cheiranthus glaberrimus Colla
- Cheiranthus viridis Ehrh.
- Hesperis fasciculata Raf.
- Hesperis incana Kuntze
- Hesperis violaria Lam.
- Leucoium incanum Moench
- Mathiolaria annua (L.) Chevall.
- Mathiolaria glabrata Chevall.
- Matthiola arborescens (Sieber ex Link) Sternb.
- Matthiola crucigera DC.
- Matthiola fasciculata DC.
- Matthiola glabrata DC.
- Matthiola graeca Sweet
- Matthiola patens C.Presl
- Matthiola simplicicaulis Sweet
- Matthiola stephanos-mariae Sennen
- Matthiola vulgaris Spach
- Microstigma incanum Britton
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May, September (from 373 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Murray Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Phil Sellens from East Sussex, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Penelope Noel Gillette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, 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.