Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobularia maritima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobularia maritima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobularia maritima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Lobularia maritima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobularia maritima
COMMON NAME:
Sweet Alyssum, Seet Alison
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_koma2_001_lvd
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Sam Pratt sbp_060421_image0
June Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_060421_image1
June Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobularia maritima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobularia maritima
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobularia maritima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Lobularia maritima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobularia maritima
4483
Forb
Annual/Perennial?
Habitat: Disturbed areas, lawns, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile
stamen
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender, white
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
Flowers in racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Silicle
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