Lobularia is a genus of four or five species of
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
s in the family
BrassicaceaeBrassicaceae or Cruciferae, also known as the crucifers, the mustard family or cabbage family is a family of flowering plants . The name Brassicaceae is derived from the included genus Brassica. Cruciferae is an older name, meaning "cross-bearing", because the four petals of their flowers are...
, closely related to (and formerly often included in) the genus
AlyssumAlyssum is a genus of about 100-170 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region....
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The genus is native to
MacaronesiaMacaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...
and the Mediterranean region, and comprises
annual plantAn annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
s growing to 10-40 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves and white flowers.
Selected species
- Lobularia canariensis
- Lobularia libyca
- Lobularia intermedia (syn.
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Lobularia is a genus of four or five species of
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
s in the family
BrassicaceaeBrassicaceae or Cruciferae, also known as the crucifers, the mustard family or cabbage family is a family of flowering plants . The name Brassicaceae is derived from the included genus Brassica. Cruciferae is an older name, meaning "cross-bearing", because the four petals of their flowers are...
, closely related to (and formerly often included in) the genus
AlyssumAlyssum is a genus of about 100-170 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region....
.
The genus is native to
MacaronesiaMacaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...
and the Mediterranean region, and comprises
annual plantAn annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
s growing to 10-40 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves and white flowers.
Selected species
- Lobularia canariensis
- Lobularia libyca
- Lobularia intermedia (syn. L. canariensis subsp. intermedia)
- Lobularia marginata (syn. L. canariensis subsp. marginata)
- Lobularia maritima
Crazy Assylum is a low-growing flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia .It is an annual plant Crazy Assylum (syn. Alyssum maritimum; common name Sweet Alyssum or Sweet Alison, also commonly referred to as just Alyssum from the genus in which...
Cultivation and uses
Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum; syn.
Alyssum maritimum) is a very popular
gardenA garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form is known as a residential garden. Western gardens are almost universally...
plant; it has become widely
naturalisedIn biology, naturalisation is the process when foreign or cultivated plants or animals have spread into the wild, where they multiply by natural regeneration....
throughout the temperate world.