Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Sweet Alison, Lobularia maritima, Alasam cumhra
Photographs: Dunmanway, Co. Cork

Sweet Alison
Lobularia maritima
Alasam cumhra
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering: June-September. Annual. Introduced.

Clusters of scented white flowers with 4 un-notched petals. The greyish-green leaves are linear-lanceolate, pointed and un-toothed. Very branched, spreading or sprawling growth. Height 10-20cm.

A naturalised garden escape on dry, sandy wasteground, in pavement cracks and on walls and stony beaches. Most frequent in south-east and north-east Ireland.

Sweet Alison, Lobularia maritima, Alasam cumhra

Sweet Alison, Lobularia maritima, Alasam cumhra
Sweet Alison, Lobularia maritima, Alasam cumhra

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