Matthiola parviflora

Matthiola parviflora
	Habit
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Matthiola
Species:	M. parviflora
Binomial name
	Matthiola parviflora; (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton
Synonyms
	Cheiranthus parviflorusSchousb.; Hesperis micranthaKuntze; Hesperis parviflora(Schousb.) Poir.;

Last updated December 28, 2025

Matthiola parviflora, the smallflower stock, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Israel and Jordan.^[1]^[2] It has been discovered invading the Sonoran Desert, beginning around Tucson, Arizona.^[3]

References

1 2 "Matthiola parviflora (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
↑ "Matthiola Parviflora, Smallflower Stock". americansouthwest.net. The American Southwest. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
↑ Horst, Jonathan L.; Kimball, Sarah; Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji; Venable, D. Lawrence (2014). "Documenting the early stages of invasion of Matthiola parviflora and predicting its spread in North America". The Southwestern Naturalist. 59: 47–55. doi:10.1894/F07-FMO-13.1.

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[286940-1-1] 1 2 "Matthiola parviflora (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[2] "Matthiola Parviflora, Smallflower Stock". americansouthwest.net. The American Southwest. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[3] Horst, Jonathan L.; Kimball, Sarah; Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji; Venable, D. Lawrence (2014). "Documenting the early stages of invasion of Matthiola parviflora and predicting its spread in North America". The Southwestern Naturalist. 59: 47–55. doi:10.1894/F07-FMO-13.1.

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