Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 159

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-COMMON_NAMES- Yellow Alyssum
-GENUS- Alyssum
-SPECIES- Alyssum saxatile
-CLASS- Tetradynamia
-ORDER- Siliculosa
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS- Aurinia
-MODERN_SPECIES- Aurinia saxatilis
-MODERN_FAMILY- Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae

-PLANT_TYPE- hardy perennial
-COLOR- yellow
-SEASON- April through May
-NATIVE_REGION- Crete

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 5
-PUB_DATE- 1791
-REISSUED- 1796
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- S. Edwards
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