Hornungia alpina (also Hutchinsia alpina or Pritzelago alpina) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to the mountains of Southern and Central Europe, as far south as northern Spain (Pyrenees and Cordillera Cantábrica), central Italy and North Macedonia ,[1] and is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens .[2]
Hornungia alpina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Hornungia |
Species: | H. alpina
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Binomial name | |
Hornungia alpina |
References
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- ^ "Pritzelago alpina". Flora Europaea. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ Alfred Pink (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.