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Cheiranthus fruticulosus). Woody-based perennial with a substantial rootstock, up to 60cm tall. Leaves of non-flowering shoots rosetted, linear-oblong to lanceolate, densely to sparsely white pubescent. Flowers 1.2-2.8cm across, yellow to purple, late spring to summer. Southern and central Europe, Lebanon, Cyprus and north-western Africa, in
Matthiola: a, M. incana; b, M. sinuata macchie and sand dunes near the sea. M.f. var. valesiaca groves to about 25cm tall, spreads by underground runners and has dense racemes of mauve-purple to red-purple flowers. Northern and eastern Spain, Pyrenees, southern Alps and Balkan peninsula. Needs acid soil to thrive and grows well in a sand bed.
