Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Iberis carnosa Willd. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 455 (1800) |
Native Range | s. Europe to Turkey, Tunisia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-3200m |
Description | leaves obovate to oblanceolate-spathulate, sometimes with few apical teeth, carnose, flowers in corymb; very variable |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | biennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C |
Synonyms | Iberis attica Jord. Iberis aurosica ssp. cantabrica Franco & P.Silva Iberis badalii Pau Iberis bellidifolia C.Presl Iberis carnosa ssp. nafarroana Moreno Iberis cepaeifolia Pourr. Iberis ciliata var. carnosa (Willd.) O.Bolós & Vigo Iberis ciliata ssp. pruitii (Tineo) O.Bolós & Vigo Iberis crassifolia Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Iberis gastonis Lacroix. Iberis integerrima Moris Iberis jordanii Boiss. Iberis lagascana DC. Iberis lagascana var. badalii (Pau) Willk. Iberis lagascana var. eliasii Sennen & Pau Iberis linifolia ssp. prutii (Tineo) Maire & Weiler Iberis linifolia ssp. tenoreana (DC.) O.Bolós & Vigo Iberis nana Boiss. Iberis olympica Boiss. Iberis petitii Link Iberis petraea Jord. Iberis pilosa Desv. Iberis pruitii Tineo Iberis rotundifolia Lam. Iberis spathulata ssp. gastonis (Lacroix) Bonnier Iberis spruneri Jord. Iberis tenoreana DC. Iberis tenoreana var. hispanica Lange Iberis tenoreana var. longepedunculata Loscos & Pardo Iberis tenoreana var. spruneri (Jord.) Halácsy Iberis thracica Stef. Iberis violacea W.T.Aiton |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |