Evergreen candytuft

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Evergreen candytuft
Evergreen candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)

Evergreen candytuft ( Iberis sempervirens )

Systematics
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Order : Cruciferous (Brassicales)
Family : Cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae)
Tribe : Iberideae
Genre : Candytuft ( Iberis )
Type : Evergreen candytuft
Scientific name
Iberis sempervirens
L.

The evergreen candytuft ( Iberis sempervirens ) is an evergreen, spreading subshrub with white flowers from the family of the cruciferous plants (Brassicaceae). The natural range is in Europe. The species is often used as an ornamental shrub because of the decorative flowers.

description

Habitus

The Evergreen candytuft is an evergreen , spreading to 30 centimeters high shrub . The leaf blade of the foliage leaves is simple, leathery, 1 to 3 rarely 5 centimeters long, 2 to 5 millimeters wide, oblong spatulate to lanceolate, blunt with a pointed base, entire and glabrous.

inflorescence

The flowers are arranged in lateral, 3 to 4 centimeters wide bunches that elongate towards fruit ripeness. The sepals are 2 to 4 millimeters long, oblong or ovate. The petals are white and turn slightly pink as they fade. The adaxial pair is 3 to 6 millimeters long and 1 to 3 millimeters wide, the abaxial pair is 5 to 13 millimeters long and 2 to 7 millimeters wide. The species blooms in May. The fruits are round to broadly ovate, 6 to 8 millimeters long and 5 to 6 millimeters wide. The seeds are narrowly winged and 2 to 3 millimeters long.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.

Distribution and location requirements

The natural range is in Europe in Spain, France, Italy and on the Balkan Peninsula ; in Africa in Morocco and Algeria and in Asia in Syria and Turkey. The species was naturalized on the British Isles , in Romania but also in North and South America. The evergreen candytuft grows in steppes and dry forests on moderately dry to fresh, slightly acidic to alkaline, sandy-loamy to loamy, nutrient-rich soils in sunny to light-shaded locations. The species loves warmth and is frost hardy . The distribution area is assigned to the winter hardiness zone 6a with mean annual minimum temperatures of −23.3 to −20.6 ° C (−10 to −5 ° F).

Systematics

The Evergreen candytuft ( Iberis sempervirens ) is a kind of the genus of Iberis (Iberis) in the family of the Brassicaceae (Brassicaceae). There the genus is assigned to the tribe Iberideae. It was first scientifically described by Carl von Linné in 1753 in the Species Plantarum . The generic name Iberis chosen by him is derived from the Latin hiberis for a plant family that is considered poisonous and similar to cress. The specific epithet sempervirens also comes from Latin and means "always green".

Are synonyms of the species

  • Aethionema longistylum   post
  • Biauricula sempervirens  (L.) Bubani
  • Iberis garrexiana  All.
  • Iberis serrulata  Vis.

use

The evergreen candytuft is very often used as an ornamental plant because of its decorative flowers .

proof

literature

  • Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , p. 346.
  • Jost Fitschen: Woody flora . 12th, revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2007, ISBN 3-494-01422-1 , p. 534 .
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico . Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae . Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford a. a. 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-531822-7 , pp. 564 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 , pp. 302, 576 (reprint from 1996).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German name after Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 346 and after Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 534
  2. ↑ a b c d e Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 346
  3. ↑ a b Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 534
  4. ↑ a b c d Flora of North America, Volume 7, p. 564
  5. ↑ a b Iberis sempervirens . In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed September 7, 2012 .
  6. ↑ a b Iberis sempervirens . In: The Plant List. Retrieved September 7, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 302
  8. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 576

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