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Alyssum pulvinare is a small perennial madwort from the Balkans that forms low tufts 6 to 15 cm high on rocky ledges and dry grassy slopes. It is a cushion-forming rock plant that needs sharp drainage and full sun.
Alyssum pulvinare is a species of madwort, a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. A perennial herbaceous plant native to the Balkans, it grows on rocky places, rock ledges and dry grassy slopes, forming tufts about 6–15 cm high. It flowers in May and June.
The plant is found on Mount Oeta of central Greece (from the lower montane level up to 2100 m), conjectured to be present in northern Greece, reported from the south of the Republic of North Macedonia (including the mountain of Tzena or Kožuf between the two countries), the Iron Gates of southwestern Romania, and Bulgaria: at lower elevations (less than 900 m) in scattered localities in Kraishte, the middle Rhodopes, eastern Sredna Gora and the north-east of the country.
Pale madwort · Artvinian Alyssum · Dagestanian Alyssum · Desert madwort · Alyssum minutum · Mountain Alison · Alyssum propinquum · Alyssum serpyllifolium · Alyssum wulfenianum · Madwort
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
