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Family
Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Iberis L., Sp. Pl. 648-650 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Candytuft
Description
Annual or perennial taprooted herbs, sometimes woody below. Hairs simple or 0. Stems procumbent to erect, leafy. Lvs simple, toothed or entire, or pinnatifid. Racemes ebracteate, corymbose. Sepals erecto-patent, not saccate. Petals unequal, white, pink or purple, anterior pair > posterior pair. Stamens 6, without appendages. Lateral nectaries 4, paired at bases of lateral stamens; median nectaries 0. Style long; stigma capitate. Silicle oblong to obovate, angustiseptate, deeply notched, dehiscent; valves keeled, usually winged to form a notch at apex, obscurely veined. Seeds ovoid, winged or not, 1 per locule.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
