Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Aethionema (Candytuft)
Maximal 25 cm tall. flowers: whitish or reddish to violet. filaments: broadened or toothed at the base. fruits: silicles or nuts, cross-section flattened, winged, septum narrow (perpendicular to the broad sides of the fruit). leaves: blue- or grey-green, undivided, g...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
screes, rocky habitats
in nutrient-poor, alkaline, periodically wet habitats