Evergreen candytuft
Iberis sempervirens L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Brassicaceae
Formerly Aethionema longistylum, Biauricula sempervirens, Iberis arbuscula, Iberis commutata, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Pyrenees to Türkiye, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Czech
- iberka vždyzelená
- Welsh
- beryn bytholwyrdd
- Danish
- Almindelig Sløjfeblomst
- German
- Immergrüne Schleifenblume
- Finnish
- talvisaippo
- French
- Ibéris toujours vert
- Upper Sorbian
- Trajna seklička
- Hungarian
- Örökzöld tatárvirág
- Polish
- Ubiorek wiecznie zielony
- Slovenian
- vednozeleni grenik
- Chinese
- 小叶屈曲花, 小叶蜂室花, 常绿屈曲花
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Iberis sempervirens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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