Aethionema armenum, also called rock cress,[2] stonecress, or Persian candytuft, is a low-growing evergreen shrub in the family Brassicaceae native to the Mediterranean.

[4] Aethionema armenum produces blue-green linear leaves less than an inch long.

[3] The flowers, which appear in mid-spring to early summer, are typically white or pink and 6 millimeters or more across.

[4] Aethionema armenum does best in full sun and neutral to alkaline soil.

[6] 'Warley Rose' is a common cultivar which has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.