Matthiola afghanica
Common Stock
Matthiola incana
(L.) W.T.Aiton Species
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- Botanical name
- Matthiola incana
- Also known as
- Common Stock, Gilliflower, Gilly-Flower, Gillyflower, Hoary Stock, Ten-Week Stock, Ten-Weeks Stock
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Matthiola
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Stock
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Matthiola incana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cheiranthus albus
Cheiranthus arborescens
Cheiranthus coccineus
Cheiranthus glaber
Cheiranthus glaberrimus
Cheiranthus viridis
Hesperis fasciculata
Hesperis incana
Hesperis violaria
Leucoium incanum
Mathiolaria annua
Mathiolaria glabrata
Matthiola arborescens
Matthiola crucigera
Matthiola fasciculata
Matthiola glabrata
Matthiola graeca
Matthiola patens
Matthiola simplicicaulis
Matthiola stephanos-mariae
Matthiola vulgaris
Microstigma incanum
Others in Matthiola
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