Globe candytuft
Iberis umbellata L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Brassicaceae
Formerly Crucifera umbellata, Iberis amoena, Iberis coronaria, Iberis corymbosa, and 9 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
- Annual or biennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. EuropeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Czech
- iberka okoličnatá
- Welsh
- beryn yr ardd
- Finnish
- sarjasaippo
- Dutch
- Schermscheefbloem
- Slovenian
- kobulasti grenik
- Chinese
- 伞形屈曲花
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 umbellata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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