Aethionema glaucescens

Description

Aethionema glaucescens is a species of Magnoliopsida first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier, and given its simplified Asian name by Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller. Aethionema glaucescens belongs to the genus Aethionema, and the family Brassicaceae. Aethionema is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. Aethionema have typically perennials, but may be annuals. Their leaves are ovate or linear. The Latin name Aethionema derives from ancient Greek αἴθειν "to light up, kindle" + νῆμα "thread, yarn".The English name "stonecress" derives from its creeping habit and its favoured stony or rocky sites.