Aubrieta

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title: "Aubrieta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["brassicaceae", "brassicaceae-genera", "garden-plants-of-asia", "garden-plants-of-europe", "taxa-named-by-michel-adanson", "taxa-described-in-1763"] description: "Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family" topic_path: "general/brassicaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrieta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family ::

|image = Purple rock cress.JPG |image_caption = Aubrieta deltoidea |taxon = Aubrieta |authority = Adans. (1763) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text

Aubrieta (often misspelled as Aubretia) is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower painter. It includes over 20 species native to southeastern Europe and Western Asia.

Species

23 species are accepted.

• Aubrieta albanica F.K.Mey. & J.E.Mey.
• Aubrieta alshehbazii Dönmez, Uğurlu & M.A.Koch
• Aubrieta amasya Tunçkol & Al-Shehbaz
• Aubrieta anamasica Peșmen & Güner
• Aubrieta birolmutlui Dönmez, Uğurlu & Yüzb.
• Aubrieta canescens (Boiss.) Bornm.
• Aubrieta columnae Guss.
• Aubrieta deltoidea (L.) DC.
• Aubrieta edentula Boiss.
• Aubrieta ekimii Yüzb., Al-Shehbaz & M.Koch
• Aubrieta erubescens Griseb.
• Aubrieta glabrescens Turrill
• Aubrieta gracilis Spruner ex Boiss.
• Aubrieta x hybrida Hausskn.
• Aubrieta intermedia Heldr. & Orph. ex Boiss.
• Aubrieta libanotica Boiss. & Hohen.
• Aubrieta necmi-aksoyi Tunçkol, G.-Özkan & Al-Shehbaz
• Aubrieta olympica Boiss.
• Aubrieta parviflora Boiss.
• Aubrieta pinardii Boiss.
• Aubrieta scardica (Wettst.) Gustavsson
• Aubrieta scyria Halácsy
• Aubrieta thessala H.Boissieu
• Aubrieta vulcanica Hayek & Siehe

Cultivars

The following cultivars, of mixed or uncertain parentage, are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-

• 'Argenteovariegata'
• 'Aureovariegata'
• 'Doctor Mules'
• 'Red Cascade'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/61547/Aubrieta-Red-Cascade-(Cascade-Series)/Details | title = Aubrieta 'Red Cascade' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}}

References

References

1. (January 2017). "Underexplored biodiversity of Eastern Mediterranean biota: systematics and evolutionary history of the genus ''Aubrieta'' (Brassicaceae)". Annals of Botany.
2. Some species have escaped from gardens throughout Europe. It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and [[Perennial plant. perennial]]. It has small violet, pink, or white flowers, and it inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide [[pH]] range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun.The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1996, {{ISBN. 0751304360 p.155
3. "''Aubrieta'' Adans.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
4. "''Aubrieta'' 'Argenteovaariegata'". Royal Horticultural Society.
5. "''Aubrieta'' 'Aureovariegata'". RHS.
6. "''Aubrieta'' 'Doctor Mules'". RHS.

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