Lobularia maritima
Common names
alyssum
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Brassicaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1840
Origin
S. Europe
Other information
Etymology
maritima: From the Latin mare ‘sea’, meaning growing on the sea shore
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.
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