Iberis umbellata

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Read about Iberis umbellata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iberis umbellata, Linn. Common Annual Candytuft. Upright, 6-15 in.: lvs. lanceolate, acuminate, lower ones serrate, upper ones entire: fls. in the wild typically purplish, rarely white, in umbels terminating all the main sts.: pods acutely 2-lobed. Italy, Crete, Spain. B.M. 106.—This is the common hardy annual candytuft with colored fls., the colors being more numerous and better fixed than in any other species. Trade names are vars. carminea, carnea, lilacina and dunnettii (I. dunnettii, Hort.), the last being dark purple. vars. rosea, purpurea and alba are advertised abroad, also vars. nana, pumila and hybrida. Tall and dwarf forms of all the colors are procurable.


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