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Hornungia alpina

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Hornungia alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Hornungia
Species:
H. alpina
Binomial name
Hornungia alpina

Hornungia alpina (also Hutchinsia alpina or Pritzelago alpina) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to the mountains of Southern and Central Europe, as far south as northern Spain (Pyrenees and Cordillera Cantábrica), central Italy and North Macedonia ,[1] and is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens .[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pritzelago alpina". Flora Europaea. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
  2. ^ Alfred Pink (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.