Aubrieta (often misspelled as Aubretia) is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower painter. It includes over 20 species native to southeastern Europe and Western Asia.
Species
23 species are accepted.
- Aubrieta albanica
- Aubrieta alshehbazii
- Aubrieta amasya
- Aubrieta anamasica
- Aubrieta birolmutlui
- Aubrieta canescens
- Aubrieta columnae
- Aubrieta deltoidea
- Aubrieta edentula
- Aubrieta ekimii
- Aubrieta erubescens
- Aubrieta glabrescens
- Aubrieta gracilis
- Aubrieta x hybrida
- Aubrieta intermedia
- Aubrieta libanotica
- Aubrieta necmi-aksoyi
- Aubrieta olympica
- Aubrieta parviflora
- Aubrieta pinardii
- Aubrieta scardica
- Aubrieta scyria
- Aubrieta thessala
- Aubrieta vulcanica
Cultivars
The following cultivars, of mixed or uncertain parentage, are recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
- 'Argenteovariegata'
- 'Aureovariegata'
- 'Doctor Mules'
- 'Red Cascade'