Taxon:  Matthiola incana (L.) W. T. Aiton



Summary
Genus:
Matthiola
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Anchonieae
Nomen number:
23480
Place of publication:
Hortus kew. ed. 2, 4:119.  1812 "Mathiola"
Comment:
  • page of publication verified by J. Ross (fide e-mail from J. R. Hosking on 12 Aug 2002)
  • R. Brown is considered to have authored the Brassicaceae in Aiton's Hortus kew. ed. 2 (see TL-2 Suppl. III: 141), but with no indication of this in the work itself Aiton is author of new names therein (Shenzhen ICN 46, Note 5, but see Ex. 25)
Verified:
04/09/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
28 (28  active, 22  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cheiranthus incanus L.

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Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Brompton stock 1 Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English common stock 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English gilly-flower 1 FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English hoary stock 1 Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
English ten-week stock 1 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1547.
French mattiole blanchâtre 2 Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French voilier grisâtre 2 Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German Garten-Levkoje 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1547.
Spanish (Peru) alhelí 2 León, B. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish (Peru) common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s. & Corsica
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Montenegro, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & Corsica)
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya, Morocco
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Western Cape]
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [South Australia, Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.carc.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23480. Accessed 28 June 2025.