Aubrieta is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower-painter. It originates from southern Europe east to central Asia but is now a common garden escape throughout Europe. It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial, with small violet, pink or white flowers, and inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide pH range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Genera See text The flowering plant family Brassicaceae, also called Cruciferae, is known as the mustard family or cabbage family. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... World map showing Asia. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... Soil is unconsolidated rock particles mixed with organic matter from plant decay. ... The correct title of this article is pH. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions. ...

In English vernacular use, the name is commonly (mis-)spelled "Aubretia", an easier letter order for English speakers to pronounce.

Species

• Aubrieta alba
• Aubrieta canescens
• Aubrieta columnae
• Aubrieta x cultorum - Large-flowered Aubrieta
• Aubrieta deltoidea - Common Aubrieta, Wallcress (N.Am.)
• Aubrieta erubescens
• Aubrieta glabrescens
• Aubrieta gracilis
• Aubrieta libanotica
• Aubrieta olympica
• Aubrieta parviflora
• Aubrieta pinardii
• Aubrieta variegata