{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family}} {{redirect|Aubrietia}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Purple rock cress.JPG |image_caption = ''Aubrieta deltoidea'' |taxon = Aubrieta |authority = Adans. (1763) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}
'''''Aubrieta''''' (often misspelled as '''''Aubretia''''') is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae.<ref name="Koch2017">{{cite journal|last1=Koch|first1=Marcus A.|last2=Karl|first2=Robert|last3=German|first3=Dmitry A.|title=Underexplored biodiversity of Eastern Mediterranean biota: systematics and evolutionary history of the genus ''Aubrieta'' (Brassicaceae)|journal=Annals of Botany|date=January 2017|volume=119|issue=1|pages=39–57|doi=10.1093/aob/mcw204|pmid=27941091|pmc=5218375|url=}}</ref> The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower painter. It includes over 20 species native to southeastern Europe and Western Asia.<ref name = powo/> Some species have escaped from gardens throughout Europe. It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial. It has small violet, pink, or white flowers, and it 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.<ref>The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1996, {{ISBN|0751304360}} p.155</ref>
==Species== 23 species are accepted.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Aubrieta'' Adans. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30398523-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Aubrieta albanica'' {{small|F.K.Mey. & J.E.Mey.}} * ''Aubrieta alshehbazii'' {{small|Dönmez, Uğurlu & M.A.Koch}} * ''Aubrieta amasya'' {{small|Tunçkol & Al-Shehbaz}} * ''Aubrieta anamasica'' {{small|Peșmen & Güner}} * ''Aubrieta birolmutlui'' {{small|Dönmez, Uğurlu & Yüzb.}} * ''Aubrieta canescens'' {{small|(Boiss.) Bornm.}} * ''Aubrieta columnae'' {{small|Guss.}} * ''Aubrieta deltoidea'' {{small|(L.) DC.}} * ''Aubrieta edentula'' {{small|Boiss.}} * ''Aubrieta ekimii'' {{small|Yüzb., Al-Shehbaz & M.Koch}} * ''Aubrieta erubescens'' {{small|Griseb.}} * ''Aubrieta glabrescens'' {{small|Turrill}} * ''Aubrieta gracilis'' {{small|Spruner ex Boiss.}} * ''Aubrieta x hybrida'' {{small|Hausskn.}} * ''Aubrieta intermedia'' {{small|Heldr. & Orph. ex Boiss.}} * ''Aubrieta libanotica'' {{small|Boiss. & Hohen.}} * ''Aubrieta necmi-aksoyi'' {{small|Tunçkol, G.-Özkan & Al-Shehbaz}} * ''Aubrieta olympica'' {{small|Boiss.}} * ''Aubrieta parviflora'' {{small|Boiss.}} * ''Aubrieta pinardii'' {{small|Boiss.}} * ''Aubrieta scardica'' {{small|(Wettst.) Gustavsson}} * ''Aubrieta scyria'' {{small|Halácsy}} * ''Aubrieta thessala'' {{small|H.Boissieu}} * ''Aubrieta vulcanica'' {{small|Hayek & Siehe}}
==Cultivars== The following cultivars, of mixed or uncertain parentage, are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:- *'Argenteovariegata' <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/63705/Aubrieta-Argenteovariegata-(v)/Details | title = ''Aubrieta'' 'Argenteovaariegata' | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 12 April 2020}}</ref> *'Aureovariegata'<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98880/Aubrieta-Aureovariegata-(v)/Details | title = ''Aubrieta'' 'Aureovariegata' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}}</ref> *'Doctor Mules'<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/79305/Aubrieta-Doctor-Mules/Details | title = ''Aubrieta'' 'Doctor Mules' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}}</ref> *'Red Cascade'<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/61547/Aubrieta-Red-Cascade-(Cascade-Series)/Details | title = ''Aubrieta'' 'Red Cascade' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Garden plants of Asia Category:Garden plants of Europe Category:Taxa named by Michel Adanson Category:Taxa described in 1763