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Taxon:  Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv. subsp. saxatilis



Summary
Genus:
Aurinia
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Alysseae
Nomen number:
315397
Verified:
04/02/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv. (0 active accession[s])
Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv. subsp. orientalis (Ard.) T. R. Dudley (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Alyssum saxatile L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Alyssum saxatile L. subsp. saxatile
Alyssum saxatile L. var. saxatile

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Reference(s)
  1. Dudley, T. R. 1964. Synopsis of the genus Alyssum. J. Arnold Arbor. 45:393.
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Alyssum saxatile
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Common names
English
basket-of-gold –
gold-dust –
golden alyssum –
golden-tuft –
golden-tuft alyssum –
golden-tuft madwort –
rock madwort –
French
alysse des rochers –
corbeille d'or –
German
Felsen-Steinkresse –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébec 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
Native
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Mississippi]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Zander ed14, as Alyssum saxatileEuro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Alyssum saxatile
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315397. Accessed 13 May 2025.