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Iberis sempervirens

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Name

Identification
Iberis sempervirens L. [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Iberis taurica
  • Iberis commutata
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  • Iberis garrexiana
  • Iberis saxatilis
  • Iberis sempervirens
Common name
  • Evergreen candytuft, Flora of North America Vol. 7

Flora

Entry for Iberis sempervirens Linnaeus [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 7,
Names
Iberis sempervirens Linnaeus [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 648. 1753
Treatment Author(s)
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Information
Perennials or subshrubs; (evergreen, with sterile shoots); glabrous. Stems decumbent, branched basally and distally, (0.5–)1–2.5 dm. Basal leaves (of sterile shoots) sessile; blade linear-oblanceolate, 1–3(–5) cm × 2–5 mm. Cauline leaves (of flowering shoots) similar to basal, blade smaller, margins entire. Racemes slightly elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending, 4–11 mm. Flowers: sepals oblong or ovate, 2–4 mm; petals white or sometimes pink, abaxial pair 5–13 × 2–7 mm, adaxial pair 3–6 × 1–3 mm. Fruits suborbicular to broadly ovate, 6–8 × 5–6 mm, apically notched; valves extending into subacute wing; style 1–3 mm, exserted beyond apical notch. Seeds narrowly winged, 2–3 mm. 2n = 22.
Phenology
apr-may (spring), jun-jul (summer)
Distribution
s Europeintroduced also in South America.USA Calif.USA Mich.USA N.Y.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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