Persian Stone Cress

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Turkey, Iraq and Iran

Location

Heasley Rock Garden

Source of plant

North American Rock Garden Society

Description

Many-stemmed perennial, flowering stems simple or branched, reaching 12" in height; leaves evenlydistributed along the stems, linear-oblong, to 1 1/2" long or less; petals pink, to 1/2" long; silicles ovate or rounded, to 1/2" long, flat, 1- or 2-seeded (DS 3). 12" bushes of loosely branched stems carryinnumerable terminal racemes of warm pink flowers from May until August (DS 147).

USDA Hardiness Zone

7