Matthiola fruticulosa

Matthiola fruticulosa, the sad stock or dark-flowered stock, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean region.^[1][2][3] It is adapted to clay and marl soil types.^[4]

Matthiola fruticulosa
A particularly dark flower
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Matthiola
Species:	M. fruticulosa
Binomial name
Matthiola fruticulosa (L.) Maire
Synonyms[1]
List Cheiranthus coronopifolius Sm. Cheiranthus fruticulosus L. Cheiranthus parviflorus Thibaud ex DC. Cheiranthus tristis L. Hesperis angustifolia Lam. Hesperis coronopifolia Poir. ex Steud. Hesperis provincialis L. Hesperis thessala (Boiss. & Orph.) Kuntze Matthiola coronopifolia (Sm.) DC. Matthiola fruticulosa subsp. coronopifolia (Sm.) Giardina & Raimondo Matthiola fruticulosa var. provincialis (L.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Matthiola fruticulosa var. rigualii O.Bolòs & Vigo Matthiola montana Pomel Matthiola provincialis (L.) Markgr. Matthiola sabauda Chodat Matthiola stenopetala Pomel Matthiola telum Pomel Matthiola thessala Boiss. & Orph. Matthiola tristis (L.) W.T.Aiton Triceras fruticulosum (L.) Maire

References

1. "Matthiola fruticulosa (L.) Maire". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
2. Wilkinson, Steve (1 January 1999). "Matthiola fruticulosa (L.) Maire". Species Dictionary. The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
3. "Matthiola fruticulosa dark-flowered stock". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
4. Guerrero-Campo, Joaquín; Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel (2000). "Effects of Soil Erosion on the Floristic Composition of Plant Communities on Marl in Northeast Spain". Journal of Vegetation Science. 11 (3): 329–336. doi:10.2307/3236625. JSTOR 3236625.