Iberis amara, L.
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Iberis amara |
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10. I. amara L. , Sp. Pl. 649 (1753).
Erect, leafy annual 10- 40 cm, corymbosely branched above, more or less hairy below. Leaves spathulate, distantly pinnatifid or toothed, sometimes entire, more or less ciliate. Inflorescence corymbose, elongating in fruit. Petals white or purplish. Silicula 3-5 mm, suborbicular; lobes triangular, erect or more or less divergent; notch acute or shallow. Cornfields and dry hillsides, mainly on calcareous or dolomitic soils. Mainly W. Europe. Be Br Ga Ge He Ho Hs It [Au?Cz Hu Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E)].
A variable species of which a number of cultivars are used for ornament (e.g. I. coronaria hört.). Some of them probably arose through hybridization with 13. At least two subspecies can be recognized.
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Iberis amara
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
I. amara
| L. 1753: 649 |