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Alyssum wulfenianum is a low, mat-forming subshrub from the southeastern Alps, grown for its bright yellow spring to summer flowers. The key to growing it is sharp drainage and dry, porous soil.
Alyssum wulfenianum, the madwort (a name it shares with some of the other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the southeastern Alps. Preferring dry, porous soils, it is hardy in USDA zones four through nine. There is a cultivar, 'Golden Spring'.
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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.
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