Matthiola parviflora
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Matthiola |
Species: | M. parviflora |
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Matthiola parviflora, the smallflower stock, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Israel and Jordan.[1][2] It has been discovered invading the Sonoran Desert, beginning around Tucson, Arizona.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Matthiola parviflora (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Matthiola Parviflora, Smallflower Stock". americansouthwest.net. The American Southwest. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Horst, Jonathan L.; Kimball, Sarah; Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji; Venable, D. Lawrence (2014). "Documenting the early stages of invasion of Matthiola parviflora and predicting its spread in North America". The Southwestern Naturalist. 59: 47–55. doi:10.1894/F07-FMO-13.1.