Perennials > Aethionema > Aethionema retsina > Aethionema retsina
Aethionema retsina
Origin: The two Greek islands of Skiros and Skiropoula.
| Family |
| Brassicaceae |
| Genus |
| Aethionema |
| Species |
| retsina |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| Height |
| 20 cm |
| Spread |
| 40 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A critically endangered shrub, each shoot of the shrub is topped in 25-50 slightly uneven white flowers. |
| Habitat |
| Generally grows within .5 km from the seashore, facing northeast at an altitude of 10-200 m, on shady cliffs and crevices of vertical limestone rock faces. |
| Flower Description |
| Small white flowers, with a purple hue when young, petals only 3.5 mm in length. |
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