Hornungia alpina

Hornungia alpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Hornungia
Species: H. alpina
Binomial name
Hornungia alpina
(L.) R. Br.

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 the Republic of Macedonia ,[1] and is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens .[2]

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