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Alysse odorante

Alysse odorante

Lobularia maritima
Un membre rampant et couvre-sol de la famille des moutardes, originaire du littoral méditerranéen, cultivé presque partout comme annuelle de saison fraîche pour ses denses touffes de petites fleurs blanches à quatre pétales, délicieusement parfumées. La floraison est si abondante qu'elle dissimule souvent entièrement le feuillage vert-grisâtre. Elle prospère par temps frais, tolère les sols secs et la sécheresse, et constitue une source de nectar fiable pour les petits pollinisateurs.
Climate fit: moderate (45/100)
Border
Filler
Pollinator
Container
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Low water
Mature size
3-9" tall · 8" apart
Hardy in zones
5a-9b
very cold to frosty winters
AHS heat range
1-9
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
Cultivée strictement comme annuelle ornementale de massif, de bordure et de contenant ; pas de documentation en tant que plante alimentaire.

Cold hardiness

Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.

Heat tolerance

Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Sources & citations

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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Alysse odorante (Lobularia maritima). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/lobularia-maritima
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
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Wikimedia Commons
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NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
University extension service