Aurinia saxatilis Desv.

Basket of gold (en), Corbeille d'or (fr), Corbeille-d'or (fr), Alysse des rochers (fr), Aurinie des rochers (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Aurinia

Characteristics

Plants often woody at base; finely stellate-pubescent. Stems: usually several, 1-5 dm. Basal leaves: petiole 0.5-3(-4) cm, blade spatulate to obovate or lanceolate, (2.5-)4-8(-12) × 0.5-1.5(-2.5) cm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, repand, or sinuate-dentate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces densely pubescent. Cauline leaves: blade oblanceolate to linear. Racemes slightly elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels (3-)4.5-10 (-13) mm. Flowers: sepals yellowish, scarious at margins, finely pubescent, 1.5-2.3 × 0.5-1 mm; petals 3-6 × 1-2.5 mm, attenuate to clawlike base; filaments with basal wing or appendage to 0.5 mm, 1-2 mm; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm. Fruits divaricate-ascending, broadly obovate to orbicular, flattened, strongly latiseptate, 3.5-9 mm in diam.; style 0.5-1.5(-2.5) mm. Seeds winged throughout, 2-3 mm diam.; wing 0.3-1.1 mm wide. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Stony places and amongst rocks.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Aurinia saxatilis habit picture by Gradwohl Markus (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis habit picture by Yves MORENO (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis habit picture by Havranka (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Aurinia saxatilis leaf picture by Landschaftsgärtner (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis leaf picture by heiko (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis leaf picture by Krzysztof Golucki (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Aurinia saxatilis flower picture by Bernd Bouillon (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis flower picture by lechner anika (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis flower picture by Gaëlle Le Bot (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Aurinia saxatilis fruit picture by Hilairet Anthéa (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis fruit picture by Gradwohl Markus (cc-by-sa)
Aurinia saxatilis fruit picture by Michal Swiecicki (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Aurinia saxatilis world distribution map, present in Canada, France, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:278817-1
WFO ID wfo-0000557261
COL ID 67XXZ
BDTFX ID 74992
INPN ID 85186
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Adyseton sibiricum Alyssum cheirifolium Crucifera saxatilis Alyssum arduinii Alyssum saxatile Aurinia saxatilis subsp. arduinii Alyssum saxatile subsp. arduinii Adyseton saxatile Aurinia saxatilis subsp. saxatilis Aurinia saxatilis

Lower taxons

Aurinia saxatilis subsp. megalocarpa Aurinia saxatilis subsp. orientalis