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Burnt Candytuft

Aethionema saxatile

Burnt Candytuft
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
EC. & S. Europe, E. Algeria
Climate
temperate

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Aethionema saxatile, the burnt candytuft, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.

It is found in the European Alps.

Other Aethionema plants

Aethionema armenum · Persian Candytuft · Stonecress · Aethionema subulatum · Stonecresses

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aethionema saxatile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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