Smelowskia alba
False Candytuft
Smelowskia borealis
(Greene) W.H.Drury & Rollins Species
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- Botanical name
- Smelowskia borealis
- Also known as
- False Candytuft, Northern False Candytuft, Northern Smelowskia
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Smelowskia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow False Candytuft
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Smelowskia borealis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Acroschizocarpus kolianus
Christolea borealis
Ermania borealis
Melanidion boreale
Smelowskia borealis subsp. borealis
Smelowskia borealis var. borealis
Smelowskia borealis var. jordalii
Smelowskia borealis var. koliana
Smelowskia borealis var. villosa
Others in Smelowskia
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