Common Name: hoary alyssumScientific Name: Berteroa incana (L.) DC. Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual, biennial or short-lived perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright or ascending, grayish-green, fine white hairs, branched near base and near top Leavesalternate, lanceolate or oblong, sessile or short petioled, entire, fine white hairs Flowers4-petaled, white, petals deeply notched; densely clustered terminal racemes at flowering, elongating after flowering and during pod formation Seed Podsoblong, hairy, beaked at tip