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Lobularia (Sweet Alyssum genus)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales >  Family: Brassicaceae

Five species, native to Cape Verde, Canary Islands and the Mediterranean region. Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum or Sweet Alison) has escaped from cultivation in the Western Cape.

 

Sweet Alyssum or Sweet Alison Lobularia maritima (= Alyssum maritinum) growing in Cape Town garden.

 

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