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Alyssum alyssoides

(L.) L.

Pale Alyssum

GNRUnranked Found in 24 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144952

Element CodePDBRA02010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusAlyssum

Other Common Names

Alysson à calices persistants (FR) Pale Madwort (EN) pale madwort (EN) Small Alyssum (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Manitoba	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (24)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mt. Shasta B	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	2,809

Idaho (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Secesh	Payette National Forest	248,088

Montana (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Snowy Mountains Wsa	Lewis and Clark National Forest	88,003
Middle Mtn. / Tobacco Roots	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	96,487
Stony Mountain	Bitterroot National Forest	44,057
Tenderfoot - Deep Creek	Lewis and Clark National Forest	85,614

Oregon (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hurricane Creek	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	1,606
Imnaha Face	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	29,575
Lord Flat Somers Point	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	67,738
Potamus	Umatilla National Forest	5,389
Snake River	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	31,229

Utah (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
418021	Uinta National Forest	6,255
418029	Uinta National Forest	15,673
418040	Uinta National Forest	1,702
Little West Fork Blacks	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	8,209
Mt. Logan North	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	18,930
Mt. Logan South	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	17,014

Washington (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Granite Mountain	Okanogan National Forest	27,428
Meadow Creek	Umatilla National Forest	4,882
Spangler	Umatilla National Forest	5,936

Wyoming (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Grayback Ridge	Bridger-Teton National Forest	295,113
Salt River Range	Bridger-Teton National Forest	235,661
Wapiti Valley North	Shoshone National Forest	18,345
Wapiti Valley South	Shoshone National Forest	43,517

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.