Iberis Iberis, Tineo

5. I. pruitii Tineo , Pl. Rar. Sic. Pug. 1:11(1817)

(incl. I. carnosa Waldst. & Kit. , non Willd., I. lagascana DC. , I. tenoreana DC. , I. integerrima Moris , I. jordani Boiss. , I. candolleana Jordan , I. spruneri Jordan , I. petraea Jordan , I. epirota Halâcsy and I. thracica Stefanov ).

Low, caespitose, procumbent-ascending perennial or annual 3-15 cm. Leaves rather fleshy, entire or with a few teeth near the apex, obtuse, the lower obovate-spathulate, the upper narrower. Inflorescence corymbose, rather dense in fruit. Petals white to lilac. Silicula 6-8 mm, rectangular-elliptical, broadly winged; lobes triangular-acute, erect; notch deep, acute. 2« = 22. Rock-crevices on high mountains. Mediterranean region. Al Bu Ga Gr Hs It Ju Sa Si.

Extremely variable in habit and duration. Many variants have received specific names and some appear to be of restricted distribution.

I. bernardiana Gren. & Godron , Fl. Fr. 1: 138 (1847), from the Pyrenees is of uncertain affinity and may be related to 5 or 6. It is annual or biennial, with linear-oblong, crenate or entire leaves, violet petals and broadly ovate, hispid siliculae contracted at the apex and with narrow, erect, acute lobes.