Hoary alison
Berteroa incana (L.) DC.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- —
Brassicaceae
Also called Hoary alyssum
Formerly Alyssum incanum, Berteroa stricta, Crucifera berteroa, Draba chaeirifolia, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- EC. Europe to N. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Czech
- šedivka šedá
- German
- Graukresse
- Finnish
- Harmio, idänharmio
- French
- alysson blanc
- Hungarian
- Fehér hamuka
- Dutch
- grijskruid, Grijskruid
- Polish
- Pyleniec pospolity
- Russian
- Икотник серый
- Chinese
- 团扇荠
- Simplified Chinese
- 团扇荠
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Berteroa incana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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