View source for Aurinia saxatilis

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|accepted_name=Aurinia saxatilis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Desvaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot. Agric.
|place=3: 162. 1815
|year=1815
}}
|common_names=Basket-of-gold;gold-dust;rock-madwort
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alyssum saxatile
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alyssum arduini
|authority=Fritsch
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Alysseae;Aurinia;Aurinia saxatilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Alysseae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aurinia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aurinia saxatilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 252
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>often woody at base; finely stellate-pubescent. <b>Stems</b>: usually several, 1–5 dm. <b>Basal</b> leaves: petiole 0.5–3(–4) cm, blade spatulate to obovate or lanceolate, (2.5–)4–8(–12) × 0.5–1.5(–2.5) cm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, repand, or sinuate-dentate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces densely pubescent. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: blade oblanceolate to linear. <b>Racemes</b> slightly elongated in fruit. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels (3–)4.5–10(–13) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals yellowish, scarious at margins, finely pubescent, 1.5–2.3 × 0.5–1 mm; petals 3–6 × 1–2.5 mm, attenuate to clawlike base; filaments with basal wing or appendage to 0.5 mm, 1–2 mm; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Fruits</b> divaricate-ascending, broadly obovate to orbicular, flattened, strongly latiseptate, 3.5–9 mm in diam.; style 0.5–1.5(–2.5) mm. <b>Seeds</b> winged throughout, 2–3 mm diam.; wing 0.3–1.1 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Ledges, cliffs, rocky slopes
|distribution=Que.;Calif.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.H.;Ohio;Vt.;c;se Europe;Asia (Turkey).
|discussion=<p>Aurinia saxatilis is widely cultivated as an ornamental and likely naturalized in other states. It is highly variable in its native range (Turkey, southern and central Europe) and has been divided into three subspecies, of which subsp. saxatilis is naturalized in the flora area.</p>
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name=Aurinia saxatilis
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Desvaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Alyssum arduini
|basionyms=Alyssum saxatile
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Ledges, cliffs, rocky slopes
|distribution=Que.;Calif.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.H.;Ohio;Vt.;c;se Europe;Asia (Turkey).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot. Agric.
|publication year=1815
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Alysseae
|genus=Aurinia
|species=Aurinia saxatilis
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