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Taxon:  Alyssum montanum L.



Summary
Genus:
Alyssum
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Alysseae
Nomen number:
2764
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:650. 1753, nom. cons. prop.
Comment:
  • [a pending conservation proposal, if adopted, will preserve its current usage]
  • proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9)
Verified:
04/02/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Alyssum montanum L. subsp. gmelinii (Jord. & Fourr.) Hegi & Em. Schmid (0 active accession[s])
Alyssum montanum L. subsp. montanum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Applequist, W. L. 2012. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 64. Taxon 61:1110.
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  4. Dudley, T. R. 1964. Synopsis of the genus Alyssum. J. Arnold Arbor. 45:364.
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  9. Marhold, K. et al. 2011. (1993) Proposal to conserve the name Alyssum montanum (Cruciferae) with a conserved type. Taxon 60:237-238.
  10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
mountain alison –
French
alysse des montagnes –
German
gewöhnliche Berg-Steinkraut –
Swedish
liten stenört –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
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  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
Native
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2764. Accessed 30 April 2026.

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