{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} :''The gastropod genus ''Aurinia'' is nowadays usually considered a junior synonym of ''Scaphella. {{Automatic taxobox | image = Alyssum saxatile a1.jpg | image_caption = ''Aurinia saxatilis'' | taxon = Aurinia | authority = (L.) Desv. | synonyms = *''Alyssanthus'' {{small|Trinajstić}} *''Anodontea'' {{small|(DC.) Sweet}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Aurinia'' (L.) Desv. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12344-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Aurinia''''' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, Ukraine, southern European Russia, and Turkey.<ref name = powo/> They are closely related to ''Alyssum'', which they resemble. They can either be biennial or woody-based evergreen perennials. They produce panicles of yellow flowers in early summer.<ref>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref>
==Species== Seven species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Aurinia corymbosa'' <small>Griseb.</small> *''Aurinia gionae'' <small>(Quézel & Contandr.) Greuter & Burdet</small> *''Aurinia leucadea'' <small>(Guss.) K.Koch</small> *''Aurinia moreana'' <small>Tzanoud. & Iatroú</small> *''Aurinia petraea'' <small>(Ard.) Schur</small> *''Aurinia saxatilis'' <small>(L.) Desv.</small> *''Aurinia sinuata'' <small>(L.) Griseb.</small>
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Aurinia|''Aurinia''}}
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Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1815 Category:Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
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