aethionema grandiflorum

Other plants of the family: aethionema saxatile

Aethionema grandiflorum, commonly known as Persian stonecress or Persian candytuft, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, preferring to grow at 750 to 2600 m on limestone slopes. It is sometimes kept as a garden plant, and occasionally naturalizes outside its original range of eastern Turkey, the southern Caucasus and northern Iran. It is a recipient of the RHS's Award of Garden Merit.

Aethionema grandiflorum is a many-stemmed, short-lived perennial, typically forming 15 to 30 cm (at most ...

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