The Tortoise Club

Plant Name:

Alyssum, Sweet Alyssum

Latin Name:

Lobularia maritima

Plant Type:

Plant

Edible Part:

Leaves, Flowers

About

Alyssum is a genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. Like all members of the Brassica family, Alyssum contains goitrogens.