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Hornungia alpina
Chamois cress is a small, low alpine subshrub in the cabbage family, native to European mountains and sometimes grown in rock gardens. It needs excellent drainage and cool, bright conditions.
Hornungia alpina (also Hutchinsia alpina or Pritzelago alpina) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to the mountains of Southern and Central Europe, as far south as northern Spain (Pyrenees and Cordillera Cantábrica), central Italy and North Macedonia , and is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens .
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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.
