1. Home
  2. Matthiola incana

Matthiola incana

Tracheophyta ›Magnoliopsida›Cruciferae›Matthiola›Matthiola incana

Ecology

A short-lived perennial, well-naturalised on sea-cliffs, shingle and other habitats by the sea, and occasionally inland where it is more obviously a garden escape. Lowland.

Status

Neophyte

Trends

M. incana has been widely cultivated in Britain since at least 1596, but may have been introduced long before that date. It has been considered to be native, but it was not recorded in the wild until 1808. It is now more frequent than when mapped in the 1962 Atlas.

World Distribution

A Mediterranean-Atlantic species; widely naturalised outside its native range.

© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
Compton Down
© K. Marston, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ356856, Afton Cliff
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ365854, Compton Cliffs
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS
SZ576776, Bonchurch
© M. Cotterill, IWNHAS

Broad Habitats

Light (Ellenberg): 9

Moisture (Ellenberg): 3

Reaction (Ellenberg): 8

Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2

Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 3

January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 5

July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.9

Annual Precipitation (mm): 874

Height (cm): 80

Perennation - primary

Perennial

Life Form - primary

Nanophanerophyte

Woodiness

Semi-woody

Clonality - primary

Little or no vegetative spread

Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 107

Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 2

Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 6

Atlas Change Index: 0.75

JNCC Designations

NHMSYS0000460619