[1] It is native to southeastern Europe, but is grown worldwide as an ornamental plant and it grows wild in some areas as a garden escapee.

This is a small herbaceous perennial forming carpets of green spoon-shaped to oval-shaped leaves, some of which are lobed.

The showy inflorescence bears small flowers with four lavender to deep pink petals.

A. deltoidea is cultivated as groundcover, in the rock garden, or in crevices in the wall, producing masses of brightly coloured flowers in spring.

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:- This Brassicales article is a stub.