Basic Information Common Name: Pachyphragma Scientific Name: Pachyphragma Native Habitat: Shady woodlands of the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey. History / Discovery / Cultivator Pachyphragma, often overlooked in favor of more flamboyant spring ephemerals, boasts a quiet charm rooted in the understories of southeastern Europe. Its discovery is not attr
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Caucasian Penny-cress
Basic Information Common Name: Caucasian Penny-cress Scientific Name: Pachyphragma macrophyllum Native Habitat: Shaded woodlands of the Caucasus and surrounding regions. History / Discovery / Cultivator Pachyphragma macrophyllum, commonly known as Caucasian Penny-cress, hails from the shady, moist woodlands of the Caucasus region, encompassing area
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Parrya
Basic Information Common Name: Parrya Scientific Name: Parrya Native Habitat: Arctic and alpine regions of Asia, particularly Siberia and the Himalayas. History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Parrya belongs to the Brassicaceae family, commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family. Plants within this genus are adapted to survive in harsh, high
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Arctic Candytuft
Basic Information Common Name: Arctic Candytuft Scientific Name: Parrya nudicaulis Native Habitat: Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Asia, including Alaska, Canada, and Siberia. History / Discovery / Cultivator Parrya nudicaulis, commonly known as the Arctic Candytuft, is a captivating perennial herb that thrives in the harsh, unforgiv
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Peltaria
Basic Information Common Name: Peltaria Scientific Name: Peltaria Native Habitat: Rocky slopes and alpine meadows of Southern Europe. History / Discovery / Cultivator Peltaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, also known as the mustard family. The genus is native to Southern Europe, primarily the mountainous regions. The na
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Garlic Cress
Basic Information Common Name: Garlic Cress Scientific Name: Peltaria alliacea Native Habitat: Central and Southern Europe, particularly in rocky areas and along rivers. History / Discovery / Cultivator Peltaria alliacea, commonly known as Garlic Cress, is a member of the Brassicaceae family, which also includes familiar plants like mustard, cabbag
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Physaria
Basic Information Common Name: Physaria Scientific Name: Physaria Native Habitat: Primarily native to North America, particularly the central and western United States, often found in prairies, rocky slopes, and open woodlands. History / Discovery / Cultivator Physaria, also known as bladderpod, belongs to the mustard family (Brassicaceae). The gen
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Bladderpod
Basic Information Common Name: Bladderpod Scientific Name: Physaria didymocarpa Native Habitat: Western North America (specifically found in the Rocky Mountains region, from Montana and Wyoming south to New Mexico and Arizona). History / Discovery / Cultivator Physaria didymocarpa, commonly known as Bladderpod, is a captivating perennial herb belon
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Double Bladderpod
Basic Information Common Name: Double Bladderpod Scientific Name: Physaria geyeri Native Habitat: Gravelly and rocky slopes, plains, and open woodlands in the western United States, particularly in the Intermountain West. History / Discovery / Cultivator Physaria geyeri, commonly known as Double Bladderpod, is a member of the Brassicaceae family, w
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Pringlea
Basic Information Common Name: Pringlea Scientific Name: Pringlea Native Habitat: Kerguelen Islands History / Discovery / Cultivator Pringlea, also known as Kerguelen cabbage, is a unique and fascinating plant endemic to the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Its discovery is closely tied to the history of exploration and