page_title: Smelowskia
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Smelowskia / Species
caption_attribution_description: Smelowskia borealis, Denali National Park and Preserve, AK, USA
context_page_description: Smelowskia, sometimes called false candytufts, is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, native to mountains and arctic regions of Asia and western North America. They may or may not be of Beringian origin.
context_section_description: Currently accepted species include:
  Smelowskia alba (Pall.) Regel
  Smelowskia altaica (Pobed.) Botsch.
  Smelowskia americana Rydb.
  Smelowskia annua Rupr.
  Smelowskia bartholomewii (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia bifurcata (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Botsch.
  Smelowskia borealis (Greene) W.H.Drury & Rollins
  Smelowskia calycina (Stephan ex Willd.) C.A.Mey.
  Smelowskia czukotica (Botsch. & V.V.Petrovsky) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia flavissima Kar. & Kir.
  Smelowskia furcata (Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia heishuiensis (W.T.Wang) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia inopinata (Kom.) Kom.
  Smelowskia jacutica (Botsch. & Karav.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia johnsonii G.A.Mulligan
  Smelowskia media (W.H.Drury & Rollins) E.M.Velichkin
  Smelowskia micrantha (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia mongolica Kom.
  Smelowskia ovalis M.E.Jones
  Smelowskia parryoides (Cham.) Polunin
  Smelowskia pectinata (Bunge) E.M.Velichkin
  Smelowskia porsildii (W.H.Drury & Rollins) Jurtzev
  Smelowskia pyriformis W.H.Drury & Rollins
  Smelowskia sisymbrioides (Regel & Herder) Paulsen
  Smelowskia sophiifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick
  Smelowskia tibetica Lipsky
caption: Smelowskia borealis on the slopes of  Denali
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