Species

Lobularia maritima

Etymology

maritima: From the Latin mare 'sea', meaning growing on the sea shore

Common Name(s)

Alyssum

Family

Brassicaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LOBMAR

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

White,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1840

Origin

S. Europe

This page last updated on 5 May 2011