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Photographer: Botanical Illustration
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Family Brassicaceae
Alyssum alyssoides (L.) L.
pale alyssum, pale madwort, yellow alyssum
Alyssum: from Greek a, "not or without," and lyssa, "madness," it was said to cure rabies
alyssoides: like the genus Alyssum; a plant described by Discoroides that cures hiccups, by others to heal madness and rabies; the origin for the genus name Alyssum; plant described by Discoroides that cured hiccups, by others to heal madness and rabies
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 2"-10" tall forb, hairy throughout |
| Flower: | pale yellow to whiteish, tiny; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | pod, round, bludging towards the center, on long spreading stalks |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas |
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 L.&phog=from USDA Plants Website&spcode=ALYALY)
