Flora of North America species comparison

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Iberis umbellata

candytuft, globe candytuft
Habit Annuals; glabrous.
Stems

erect, branched distally, 1–5.5(–7) dm.
Basal leaves

absent.
Cauline leaves

petiolate or (distal) sessile;

blade linear-oblanceolate, 2–5(–6.5) cm, margins entire or subentire.
Racemes

not elongated in fruit.
Flowers

sepals oblong, 3–5.5 mm;

petals white or pink to purple, abaxial pair 10–16 × 5–7 mm, adaxial pair 6–10 × 2–5 mm.
Fruiting pedicels

divaricate to ascending, 4–10(–12) mm.
Fruits

ovate, (7–)8–10.5 × 5–8 mm, apically notched;

valves extending into subacuminate wing;

style 2–4.5 mm, included or exserted beyond apical notch.
Seeds

narrowly winged, 2–3 mm.

Iberis umbellata
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Garden escape, stream banks, abandoned gardens and lawns, urban areas, docks
Distribution
from FNA
CA; MI; NY; UT; NS; ON; PE; QC; se Europe [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 564.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Iberideae > Iberis
Sibling taxa
I. amara, I. sempervirens
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 649. (1753)
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