Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Aubrieta, Aubrieta deltoidea
Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Aubrieta
Aubrieta deltoidea
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering: March-June. Perennial. Introduced garden escape

The pale purple, pink or blue-mauve flowers have 4 petals but the flowers rarely set seed. Mat-forming growth with many sterile shoots and leaves with a few deep teeth.

An infrequently recorded garden escape that is usually found near habitation on walls, paths and waste ground.

Aubrieta, Aubrieta deltoidea

Aubrieta, Aubrieta deltoidea
Aubrieta, Aubrieta deltoidea

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