Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Iberis sempervirens L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 648 (1753) |
Native Range | Pyrenees to Turkey, nw. Africa |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1200-2300m |
Description | branchlets basally leafless, apically leafy, leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, glabrous, inflorescence shortly racemose, silicles ovate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | starry white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aethionema longistylum Post Biauricula sempervirens (L.) Bubani Iberis arbuscula Spach Iberis commutata Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss. Iberis garrexiana All. Iberis sempervirens ssp. garrexiana (All.) Nyman Iberis sempervirens var. garrexiana (All.) Ces. Iberis sempervirens var. micropetala Doum. Iberis sempervirens var. puberula Maire Iberis sempervirens var. rosea Boiss. Iberis serrulata Vis. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |