Persian Stone Cress
Aethionema grandiflorum
Brassicaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Turkey, Iraq and Iran
Location
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