Aubrieta deltoidea
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Aubrieta deltoidea is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family
. Common names include Lilacbush, Purple Rock Cress and Rainbow Rock Cress.
It is native to southeastern Europe, but it is grown worldwide as an ornamental plant
and it grows wild in some areas as a garden escapee. This is a small perennial herb forming carpets of green spoon-shaped to oval-shaped leaves, some of which are lobed. The showy inflorescence
bears small flowers with four lavender to deep pink petals. The fruit is an inflated, hairy silique
up to two centimeters long.
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....
. Common names include Lilacbush, Purple Rock Cress and Rainbow Rock Cress.
It is native to southeastern Europe, but it is grown worldwide as an ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
and it grows wild in some areas as a garden escapee. This is a small perennial herb forming carpets of green spoon-shaped to oval-shaped leaves, some of which are lobed. The showy inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
bears small flowers with four lavender to deep pink petals. The fruit is an inflated, hairy silique
Silique
A silique or siliqua is a fruit of 2 fused carpels with the length being more than three times the width. The outer walls of the ovary usually separate when ripe, leaving a persistent partition...
up to two centimeters long.