Nigel Cattlin / Flea beetle (Phyllotreta nigripes) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Flea beetle (Phyllotreta nigripes) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Flea beetle (Phyllotreta nigripes) feeding damage to leaves of Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Flea beetle (Phyllotreta nigripes) feeding damage to leaves of Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Flea beetle (Phyllotreta sp) feeding damage to Sweet alyssum (Alyssum maritimum) leaves. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Jean E. Roche / Sweet alyssum (Alyssum maritimum) Camargue sand dunes, France, April.

Olga Kamenskaya / Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia, May.

Olga Kamenskaya / Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia, May.

Olga Kamenskaya / Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia, May.

Olga Kamenskaya / Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia, May.

Philippe Clement / Gold Alyssum / Basket of Gold / Gold Dust / Goldentuft alyssum / Rock madwort (Aurinia saxatilis) in flower, native to Asia and Europe, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, May

Mark Raycroft / German Shepherd (Canis familiaris) portrait of two alert puppies sitting among alyssum and pansies

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria), Basket of gold (Alyssum saxatile) and Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) in flower on rocky ground, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Golden alyssum (Alyssum saxatile) in flower on rocky limestone ground, nr Monte Saint Angelo, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Gargano pansies (Viola heterophylla graeca) with Golden alyssum (Alyssum saxatile) in flower at edge of woodland, nr San Giovanni Rotondo, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small alyssum / alison (Alyssum alyssoides) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small alyssum / alison (Alyssum alyssoides) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Olga Kamenskaya / Locoweed (Oxytropis lanata) and Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal Siberia, Russia. June.