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Lobularia maritima

(L.) Desv.

Sweet Alyssum

GNRUnranked Found in 19 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152411

Element CodePDBRA1P010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusLobularia

Other Common Names

Alysson maritime (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
California	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (19)

California (14)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Rocks	Los Padres National Forest	11,866
Cajon	San Bernardino National Forest	7,548
Circle Mountain	San Bernardino National Forest	6,375
Crystal Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	6,783
Cucamonga A	Angeles National Forest	1,249
Cucamonga B	San Bernardino National Forest	11,933
Cucamonga C	San Bernardino National Forest	4,106
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300
Malduce Buckhorn	Los Padres National Forest	14,177
Nordhoff	Los Padres National Forest	12,031
Oat Mtn.	Sequoia National Forest	12,223
San Dimas	Angeles National Forest	7,160
San Sevaine	San Bernardino National Forest	6,866
Sespe - Frazier	Los Padres National Forest	106,910

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pioneer Mountains	Sawtooth National Forest	119,563
Pioneer Mountains	Salmon-Challis National Forest	172,460

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Laurel Mountain	Pisgah National Forest	5,683

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Burch Creek	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	6,938

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pompey	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	23,985

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.