Iberis amara L.
  • Sp. Pl. : 649 (1753)
  • Ibéris amer


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Iberis amara L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000728768. Accessed on: 31 May 2023'

General Information

1. Iberis amara L., Sp. Pl. 649 (1753). Lectotipo (designado por Ebel en Cafferty y Jarvis, 2002): “Habitat in Helvetica”, Herb. Linn. 827.8 (LINN!). Ilustr.: Rich, Bot. Soc. Brit. Isles Handb. 6: 95 (1991).

Por I.A. Al-Shehbaz y S. Fuentes-Soriano.

Hierbas anuales, glabras o pubescentes arriba de la base. Tallos 10-40 cm, erectos, distalmente ramificados corimbosamente, glabros o pelosos basalmente. Hojas basales ausentes; hojas caulinares basales e intermedias 2-6 × 0.5-1.5 cm, espatuladas u oblanceoladas a oblongas, pinnatífidas o dentadas, las más distales sésiles, no auriculadas, enteras o dentadas. Racimos corimbosos en flor, conspicuamente alargados en fruto. Pedicelos en fruto 3-10 mm, patentes a escasamente descendentes. Sépalos 1.5-3 mm, oblongos, ascendentes; pétalos obovados, el par interno 2-5 × 1.5-3 mm, el par externo 5-8 × 2-5 mm, blancos o rosados a color púrpura, la uña conspicua. Frutos 4-6(-7) × 3-6 mm, suborbiculares a anchamente ovados, apicalmente emarginados; valvas extendiéndose en una ala aguda a obtusa; estilo 0.8-2 mm, exerto o incluido en la muesca apical. Semillas 2-3 mm, ovadas, pardas. 2n = 7. Floración abr.-may. Cultivada. Ch (Laughlin 572, DS). c. 2150 m. (Nativa del O. Europa; cultivada y ocasionalmente naturalizada en todo el mundo.)

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    Annuals; glabrous or pubescent distal to base. Stems erect, branched distally, 1-4 dm. Basal leaves absent. Cauline leaves petiolate or (distal) sessile; blade spatulate or oblanceolate to oblong, 2-6 cm × 5-15 mm, margins pinnatifid or dentate, or (distalmost) entire or dentate. Racemes considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels spreading to slightly descending, 3-10 mm. Flowers: sepals oblong, 1.5-3 mm; petals white or pink to purple, abaxial pair 5-8 × 2-5 mm, adaxial pair 2-5 × 1.5-3 mm. Fruits suborbicular to broadly ovate, 4-6(-7) × 3-6 mm, apically notched; valves extending into acute to obtuse wing; style 0.8-2 mm, exserted or included in apical notch. Seeds narrowly winged, 2-3 mm. 2n = 14.

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    Annual, erect, 10-30 (-40) cm tall, branched, ± hairy below and glabrous above. Leaves simple, scattered, lower spathulate, upper lanceolate or oblong¬cuneate, ± sparsely dentate towards the apex. Flowers c. 1 cm across, white or pale violet; pedicel filiform, spreading or ascending, usually c. 1 cm long. Petals prominently unequal, outer 2 nearly twice as long as sepals, 5-8 (-10) mm long, obovate-oblong, cuneate below. Siliculae c. 5 (-7) mm in diam., suborbicular, apex deeply notched; wings slightly broadening upwards; style as long as or slightly exceeding the apical notch; valves reticulately veined; seed c. 3 mm long, broadly ovate, slightly winged below, reddish-brown.

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    Morphology

    10–40 cm hoch, oben verzweigt, ± behaart. Blätter lanzettlich bis spatelförmig, bis 5 cm lang und 8 mm breit, jederseits mit 2–4 stumpfen Zähnen, Rand bewimpert. Kronblätter weiss oder rötlich, die äusseren 6–8 mm lang, ca. 2mal so lang wie die inn

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    Ecology

    6–10. Kalkschutt, Äcker, Schuttplätze, kollin-montan. J (GE, NE, JU), LU.

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    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Ibéris amerFrenchCH
    Rocket candytuft
    Iberide biancaItalianCH
    Bitterer BauernsenfGermanCH

     Information From

    Brassicaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Brassicaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
    • A CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    Flora of Pakistan
    http://www.tropicos.org/Project/Pakistan
    Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed on Jun. 2020.
    • B Missouri Botanical Garden
    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
    http://www.flora-helvetica.ch
    Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz, Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner, Andreas Gygax. Haupt Verlag 2018.
    • C All Rights Reserved
    Flora of North America @ efloras.org
    http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1
    'Flora of North America @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • D Flora of North America Association
    Flora Mesoamericana
    http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/fm/
    Gerrit Davidse, Mario Sousa Sánchez, A. O. Chater, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Biología, Missouri Botanical Garden, Natural History Museum (London, England) UNAM, 1994
    • E Missouri Botanical Garden
    World Flora Online Consortium
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/WFO
    World Flora Online Data. 2017.
    • F CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).