Robust perennial to 50 cm or more tall with a woody base. Leaves linear to lanceolate, usually entire, grey-green with a dense covering of star-shaped hair. Flowers purplish pink or white; petals 2-3 cm long; sweetly fragrant; spring. Fruit 0.5-1.5 cm long, slightly flattened, the horns inconspicuous; seeds winged.

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Available as a wide range of cultivars, some with double flowers and generally grown for their exquisite fragrance. Occasionally naturalised from gardens.

Entire leaves; strongly scented flowers.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Brassicaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.