Species

Alyssum alyssoides

Etymology

Alyssum: From the Greek a- 'not' or 'without' and lyssa 'rage', 'madness', referring to the plant's use to cure rabies. The plant is sometimes also called madwort

Common Name(s)

small alyssum

Authority

Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.

Family

Brassicaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ALYALY

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1880

Origin

Europe, N. Africa

This page last updated on 10 Jun 2010