Iberis amara
Common Candytuft
Iberis umbellata
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- Botanical name
- Iberis umbellata
- Also known as
- Annual Candytuft, Common Candytuft, Garden Candytuft, Globe Candytuft
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Iberis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Candytuft
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Iberis umbellata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Crucifera umbellata
Iberis amoena
Iberis coronaria
Iberis corymbosa
Iberis cretica
Iberis hortensis
Iberis platyptera
Iberis pulchra
Iberis roseo-purpurea
Iberis umbellata subsp. grenieri
Iberis umbellata var. brachyptera
Iberis umbellata var. platyptera
Iberis umbellata var. tenuifolia
Iberis visianii
Thlaspi umbellatum
Others in Iberis
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