Alyssum pulvinare

Alyssum pulvinare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Alyssum
Species:	A. pulvinare
Binomial name
Alyssum pulvinare Velen.

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.[1][2]

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),[2] the Iron Gates of southwestern Romania,[3] 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.[1][4][5]

Alyssum thracicum Velen. is treated as a synonym by most,[1][5][6][7] though not all,[8] sources. Alyssum mildeanum Podp. is also commonly included as a synonym,[1][6][7] although in some sources it is instead assigned to A. stribrnyi.[5][9]

References

1. Stojanov, N. (1970). "Iglovrǎh – Alyssum L.". In Jordanov, D.; Kožuharov, S. (eds.). Flora na Narodna Republika Bǎlgarija (in Bulgarian). Vol. 4. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 499.
2. Hartvig, P. (1986). "Alyssum L.". In Strid, Arne (ed.). Mountain flora of Greece. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. pp. 285–6. ISBN 978-0-521-25737-4.
3. Inferred from the map location in Jalas, Suominen & Lampinen (1996), the mention of Romania in Hartvig (1986) and elsewhere, and the absence of a mention in Flora SR Srbije, vol. 3 (1972).
4. Asyov, B.; Petrova, A.; Dimitrov, D.; Vassilev, R. (2012). Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora : Distribution Maps and Floristic Elements (4 ed.). Sofia: Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation. p. 64. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-12-27. Sredna Gora mentioned only here.
5. Jalas, J.; Suominen, J.; Lampinen, R. (1996). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of Vascular Plants in Europe. Vol. 11. Cruciferae (Ricotia to Raphanus). Helsinki: The Committee for Mapping the Flora of Europe & Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo. pp. 40–41. ISBN 951-9108-11-4.
6. Marhold, K. (2011). "Alyssum pulvinare Velen". Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
7. "Alyssum pulvinare Velen". AlyBase. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
8. "Alyssum thracicum Velen". World Flora Online. Retrieved 27 December 2021. Here subsumed under Alyssum stribrnyi Velen.
9. "Alyssum mildeanum Podp". World Flora Online. Retrieved 27 December 2021.