Ptilotrichum

Ptilotrichum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.^[2] It includes a single species, Ptilotrichum canescens, a subshrub native to temperate Asia, which ranges from southern Siberia to northern China and the western Himalaya.^[1]

Ptilotrichum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Ptilotrichum C.A.Mey.
Species:	P. canescens
Binomial name
Ptilotrichum canescens (DC.) C.A.Mey.
Varieties[1]
Ptilotrichum canescens var. canescens Ptilotrichum canescens var. elongatiforme A.L.Ebel
Synonyms[1]
Alyssum canescens DC. (1821), nom. cons. (basionym) Anodontea canescens (DC.) Sweet Stevenia canescens (DC.) D.A.German

Two varieties are accepted.^[1]

• Ptilotrichum canescens var. canescens – southern Siberia to northern China and the western Himalaya
• Ptilotrichum canescens var. elongatiforme A.L.Ebel – Altai Mountains of southern Siberia