Aubrieta deltoidea

Garden aubrieta

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Garden aubrieta is a naturalized perennial found in the Hull Mountains region in open, disturbed areas at elevations around 2,000 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces purple to violet (occasionally white) flowers with petals 15 to 28 millimeters long. Growing in dense, prostrate to ascending mats 0.7 to 3 meters tall, it forms cushion-like clusters with branching stems. Its leaves are spoon-shaped to obovate, ranging from entire to coarsely dentate, with a densely hairy texture. The plant produces slender cylindric siliques 7 to 20 millimeters long with bristly hairs.

Habitat: Open, disturbed area

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: +- 2000 m.

Bioregions: NCoRH (Hull Mtn)

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