Taxon: Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv. subsp. saxatilis

Genus:

Aurinia

Family:

Brassicaceae (alt.Cruciferae)

Tribe:

Alysseae

Nomen number:

315397

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

02-abr-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 02-abr-2012

Species priority site is:

North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

Basionym: Alyssum saxatile L.

Common names:

basket-of-gold (Source: Hortus 3) - English
gold-dust (Source: Hortus 3) - English
golden alyssum (Source: Zander Ency) - English
golden-tuft (Source: Zander Ency) - English
golden-tuft alyssum (Source: Hortus 3) - English
golden-tuft madwort (Source: Hortus 3) - English
rock madwort (Source: Hortus 3) - English
alysse des rochers (Source: Zander Ency) - French
corbeille d'or (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
Felsen-Steinkresse (Source: Zander Ency) - German

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Zander ed14, as Alyssum saxatile)

Distributional Range:

Native

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

Australasia

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Mississippi]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

References:

Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- (L Medit)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)

Check other web resources for Aurinia saxatilis (L.) Desv. subsp. saxatilis :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=315397. Accessed 18 junio 2026.