Peltaria

Peltaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.

Species

Garlic Cress

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderBrassicales
FamilyBrassicaceae

Native toAlbania, Austria, East Aegean Is., Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Romania, Turkmenistan, Türkiye

Observations338

Observations recorded1,928

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taxon name: Peltaria
Commons category: Peltaria
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9001

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Peltaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Their distribution ranges from Southeast Europe, Near East to Central Asia. They prefer rocky slopes.

Peltraria species are perennials with white or rosa flowers. They are glabrous with sessile, entire and simple leaves. Their siliculae are pendent, very flat, on a short decent style.