Matthiola incana (L.) R. Br. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4: 120. 1812; Jafri in Fl. W. Pakistan 55: 200. 1973. Cheiranthus incanus L., Sp. Pl. 662. 1753.

Herbs, perennial, woody at base, 25 - 75 cm high, densely white-canescent. Leaves oblanceolate, usually entire, rarely sinuate-pinnatifid, 3 - 9 x 0.5 - 1.5 cm. Racemes 15 - 30-flowered, 5 - 30 cm long; pedicels 10 - 15 mm long; lower pedicels 7 - 25 mm in fruit. Flowers purplish, ca 1.5 cm across. Sepals 9 - 15 mm long. Petals 20 - 30 x 4 - 12 mm. Fruits 10 - 15 cm long, erecto-patent, compressed, glandular-pubescent; stgima narrower than siliqua, without conspicuous horris.

Fl. & Fr. March - May.

Distrib. India: Cultivated as an ornamental.

Coasts of South and Western Europe, Cyprus, Turkey, Arabia and Egypt.

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