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This is a perennial alyssum that dominates Mt Hermon's highlands. It blooms in June and marks the late spring of this mountain. Its habitat is the subalpine belt, often called tracanth.
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Alyssum baumgartnerianum is one of the commonest plants of the heights of Mt Hermon, it is dominating stony dry slopes above 1800m. Here u can see it in autumn flattened like a small carpet, "waiting" for the winter snows. In June it blooms beautifly in yellow - see June pic - http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo152259.htm
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Alyssum baumgartnerianum is a subalpine plant, commonly found in the heights of Mt Hermon. It is one of the first shrublets to bloom in late May-June.
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Alyssum dasycarpum is a small annual of the arid mts of the Middle east. Here u can see its fruits, the lower ones open and disperse their seeds.
