Lobularia maritima
Common name
alyssum
Family
Brassicaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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.
LOBMAR
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Year naturalised
1840
Origin
S. Europe
Etymology
maritima: From the Latin mare ‘sea’, meaning growing on the sea shore