Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Matthiola incana
alhelí, alhelí encarnado, alhelí blanco, gillyflower, hoary stock, tenweeks stock
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Capparales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Matthiola
Species
incana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cheiranthus incanus L.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2005
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- Standley, P.C. Steyermark, J.A. (1946) Cruciferae. In: Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds.), Flora of Guatemala-Part IV. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(4): 354–380.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Matthiola incana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1989. Accessed 6 July 2025.