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Hormathophylla spinosa
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Hormathophylla spinosa, formerly Alyssum spinosum, the spiny madwort, is a species of flowering subshrub in the genus Hormathophylla of the family Brassicaceae, native to open rocky sites in south-eastern France and southern Spain. It forms a compact mound up to 30 cm in height. Dense spiny branches of tiny, toothed grey-green leaves bear racemes of white flowers at the tips in early summer.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Hormathophylla spinosa
- Slug
- hormathophylla-spinosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Hormathophylla
- Species
- spinosa
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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