Other conspecific taxa:

• Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis (0 accessions)
• Aurinia saxatilis subsp. saxatilis (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• (=) Alyssum saxatile var. compactum hort.

Common names:

• basket-of-gold  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• gold-dust  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• golden-tuft alyssum  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• golden-tuft madwort  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• rock madwort  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• praktstenört  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Man HerbPl)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (w.)
• CAUCASUS: Georgia

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (s.), Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
3. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- (L Medit)
6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)

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=6083. Accessed 18 junio 2026.