Aethionema
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Aethionema grandiflorum
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Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae, subfamily Brassicoideae. The genus is collectively known as the stonecresses.
Aethionema species are grown as herbaceous perennials by gardeners.
Species include:
- Aethionema antitaurus
- Aethionema cordifolia: Lebanon stonecress
- Aethionema grandiflorum: Persian stonecress
- Aethionema iberideum
- Aethionema oppositifolium
- Aethionema retsina
- Aethionema saxatile (syn. Aurinia saxatilis)[1]
- Aethionema thomasianum