Alyssum
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Establishment means
Introduced
Annual herbs, mostly hoary tomentose; hairs usually branched or stellate. Leaves simple, margins entire. Inflorescence an elongating raceme. Sepals erect, not saccate; petals clawed; stamens 6. Fruit flattened or inflated, less than 3 times as long as broad, dehiscent, not veined, with broad septum; style short, stigma capitate or notched; seeds 1–6 (4–6 in Australia) per locule, usually winged.
Over 100 species, mostly native to Mediterranean region, 1 naturalised in Australia.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Brassicaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 399–459. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Updated by: Val
Stajsic,
1 Oct. 2018
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