Matthiola parviflora

Matthiola parviflora, the smallflower stock, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Israel and Jordan.[1][2] It has been discovered invading the Sonoran Desert, beginning around Tucson, Arizona.[3]

Matthiola parviflora
Habit
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Matthiola
Species:
M. parviflora
Binomial name
Matthiola parviflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Cheiranthus parviflorus Schousb.
  • Hesperis micrantha Kuntze
  • Hesperis parviflora (Schousb.) Poir.

References

  1. "Matthiola parviflora (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. "Matthiola Parviflora, Smallflower Stock". americansouthwest.net. The American Southwest. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. Horst, Jonathan L.; Kimball, Sarah; Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji; Venable, D. Lawrence (2014). "Documenting the early stages of invasion of Matthiola parviflora and predicting its spread in North America". The Southwestern Naturalist. 59: 47–55. doi:10.1894/F07-FMO-13.1.


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