Hesperis matronalis L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Dame’s-violet
🇫🇷 Julienne des dames, Giroflée des dames

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Brassicoideae
Tribe: Hesperideae
Genus: Hesperis
Species: Hesperis matronalis

Subspecies

Hesperis matronalis subsp. candida

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

H. matronalis subsp. candida (Kit.) Hegi & Em.Schmid, 1919, P (het. syn. H. matronalis subsp. nivea (Baumg.) E.P.Perrier, 1917);
H. matronalis subsp. cladotricha (Borbás) Hayek, 1925;
H. matronalis subsp. matronalis L., 1753, I;
H. matronalis subsp. sintenisii (F.Dvořák) A.Duran, 2012;
H. matronalis subsp. vrabelyiana (Schur) Soó, 1968.

Photographs

img/hesperis-matronalis.webp — Hesperis matronalis

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 588). Biotope.