Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Shenstone, Mt Hampden

Synonyms:
Common names:	Sweet alison (English)
Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Short annual or perennial herb to 30 cm, often branching near the base. Leaves 2-4 cm, linear-lanceolate, scattered. Petals white. Fruit c.2.5 mm, obovate. Seeds narrowly winged.
Notes:	Cultivated in gardens as an edging plant and sometimes escaping
Derivation of specific name:	maritima: maritime, of the sea
Habitat:	On walls and in disturbed ground
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Native of Mediterranean and Macaronesian regions
Zimbabwe distribution:	C
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Lobularia maritima page
African Plant Database: Lobularia maritima
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Lobularia maritima
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lobularia maritima
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lobularia maritima
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lobularia maritima
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lobularia maritima
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lobularia maritima
JSTOR Plant Science: Lobularia maritima
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lobularia maritima
Tropicos: Lobularia maritima
West African Plants database: Lobularia maritima