Iberis umbellata

 
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Iberis umbellata L. from Kashmir: Iberis umbellata L., Sp. Pl. 649 1753.
syn: Crucifera umbellata E.H.L.Krause; Thlaspi umbellatum Stev. ex DC.  
Common names: Globe candytuft, garden candytuft 
Tall annual herb reaching 45 cm in height, branched, nearly glabrous; leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, entire or with few short teeth, apex acute; flowers pink, red to purple, in dense umbel-like corymb; fruit obovate, with a deep notch at tip with apiculate spreading points, style slender. 
Commonly cultivated in gardens in Kashmir, photographed from Harwan Garden, Kashmir.
 
Brassicaceae Week: Iberis umbellata L. from Kashmir:  Iberis umbellata L., Sp. Pl. 649 1753.
syn: Crucifera umbellata E.H.L.Krause; Thlaspi umbellatum Stev. ex DC.
Common names: Globe candytuft, garden candytuft
Tall annual herb reaching 45 cm in height, branched, nearly glabrous; leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, entire or with few short teeth, apex acute; flowers pink, red to purple, in dense umbel-like corymb; fruit obovate, with a deep notch at tip with apiculate spreading points, style slender. 
Commonly cultivated in gardens in Kashmir, photographed from Harwan Garden, Kashmir.
Wow, i think i too have few photographs of Iberis. Nice one.
 
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SYMBIOSIS 327 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Attaching an image of Large Cabbage White butterfly on the flowers of Candy tuft (a common garden flower).
The scientific name of this flower is Iberis umbellata.

 
  
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