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Hutchinsia

Hornungia petraea

Hutchinsia
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Hornungia petraea (Hutchinsia) is a small annual wildflower of the cabbage family, native to rocky, dry ground in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It is a wild plant rather than a garden favourite, so home care guidance is limited.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it tolerates dry, rocky conditions and needs little supplemental water.
Soil
Free-draining, poor, stony or gritty soil.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cool conditions.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Europe to NW. Iraq, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Hornungia petraea (also Hutchinsia petraea) is a small flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe and parts of North Africa and the Middle East.

Other Hornungia plants

Chamois Cress · Prostrate hutchinsia · Vascular Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hornungia petraea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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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