Gold Dust

Aurinia saxatilis

(L.) Desv. Species

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Botanical name
Aurinia saxatilis
Also known as
Basket of Gold, Basket-of-Gold, Gold Dust, Gold-Dust, Golden Alison, Golden-Tuft Alyssum, Golden-Tuft Madwort, Goldentuft, Rock Madwort
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Aurinia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Gold Dust

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Aurinia saxatilis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Adyseton saxatile Adyseton sibiricum Alyssum bilimekii Alyssum cheirifolium Alyssum ephesium Aurinia saxatilis subsp. arduinii Crucifera saxatilis

Others in Aurinia

Aurinia corymbosa
Aurinia gionae
Aurinia leucadea
Aurinia petraea
Goldentuft
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. megalocarpa
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis
Aurinia saxatilis subsp. saxatilis
Aurinia sinuata

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