Aurinia saxatilis (Cultivated)

Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv., . Bot. Agric. 5: 162 1815. (Syn: Adyseton saxatile (L.) Sweet; Adyseton sibiricum G.Don; Alyssum cheirifolium Steud.; Alyssum minus subsp. micranthum (C.A. Mey.) Breistr.; Alyssum saxatile L.; Alyssum saxatile subsp. arduinii (Fritsch) Hayek; Aurinia saxatilis subsp. arduinii (Fritsch) Dostál; Aurinia saxatilis subsp. saxatilis (L.) Desv.; Crucifera saxatilis (L.) E.H.L.Krause);

Images by Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For
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Brassicaceae Week: Aurinia saxatilis from Kashmir:

Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv,, J. Bot. Agric. 5: 162 1815.

syn: Alyssum saxatile L.

Common name: Golden tuft

Up to 45 cm tall perennial herb with 5-12 cm long oblanceolate to obovate-oblong petiolate basal leaves, obscurely toothed to entire, upper leaves sessile and smaller; flowers golden yellow, in compact corymbose panicles elongating in fruit; petals golden-yellow, emarginate at tip; siliqua suborbicular, compressed, glabrous pointed.

Similar looking Alyssum murale produces smaller yellow flowers with entire petals and hairy fruit.

Photographed from Badam Vari Garden in Srinagar, Kashmir.

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2666583

Aurinia saxatilis (Cultivated)

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