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Aethionema Carlsbergii
''Aethionema'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family (biology), family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses native plant, originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. ''Aethionema'' have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear. Etymology The English name "stonecress" derives from its creeping habit and its favoured stony or rocky sites. Taxonomy ''Aethionema'' is sister to the rest of the genera in the Brassicaceae. The two clades diverged some time during the Eocene. Species include: Cultivation ''Aethionema'' species are grown for their profuse racemes of cruciform flowers in shades of red, pink or white, usually produced in spring and early summer. A favoured location is the rock garden or wall crevice. They appreciate well-drained alkaline soil conditions, but can be short-lived. The hybrid (biology)#Hybrid plants, hybrid cultivar 'Warley Rose' is a subshrub wit ...
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Aethionema Grandiflorum
''Aethionema grandiflorum'', commonly known as Persian stonecress or Persian candytuft, is a flowering plant in the family (biology), family Brassicaceae, preferring to grow at 750 to 2600m 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 Royal Horticultural Society, RHS's Award of Garden Merit. Description ''Aethionema grandiflorum'' is a many-stemmed, short-lived perennial, typically forming 15 to 30cm (at most 40cm) tall spreading mounds. Its foliage is evergreen, and it has up to 15 pink to lilac cruciform flowers borne on terminal racemes. It prefers alkaline soils. References

{{taxonbar, from=Q1548064 Aethionema, grandiflorum Garden plants of Asia Groundcovers Flora of the Transcaucasus Flora of Western Asia Plants described in 1849 Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker ...
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Aethionema Carlsbergii
''Aethionema'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family (biology), family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses native plant, originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. ''Aethionema'' have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear. Etymology The English name "stonecress" derives from its creeping habit and its favoured stony or rocky sites. Taxonomy ''Aethionema'' is sister to the rest of the genera in the Brassicaceae. The two clades diverged some time during the Eocene. Species include: Cultivation ''Aethionema'' species are grown for their profuse racemes of cruciform flowers in shades of red, pink or white, usually produced in spring and early summer. A favoured location is the rock garden or wall crevice. They appreciate well-drained alkaline soil conditions, but can be short-lived. The hybrid (biology)#Hybrid plants, hybrid cultivar 'Warley Rose' is a subshrub wit ...
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Aethionema Erzincanum
''Aethionema'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. ''Aethionema'' have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear. Etymology The English name "stonecress" derives from its creeping habit and its favoured stony or rocky sites. Taxonomy ''Aethionema'' is sister to the rest of the genera in the Brassicaceae. The two clades diverged some time during the Eocene. Species include: Cultivation ''Aethionema'' species are grown for their profuse racemes of cruciform flowers in shades of red, pink or white, usually produced in spring and early summer. A favoured location is the rock garden or wall crevice. They appreciate well-drained alkaline soil conditions, but can be short-lived. The hybrid cultivar 'Warley Rose' is a subshrub with bright pink flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural So ...
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