Garden Candytuft
Garden Candytuft
Close-up of flower
Leaves
Iberis umbellate
Brassicaceae
Annual Candytuft
April to August
It is planted in gardens everywhere.
The escape is scattered throughout the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Garden Candytuft
Garden Candytuft is a neophyte which has been known in
the wild in the UK since the 1850s.
It is a casual on waste tips, wasteground and brownfield
sites.
It is not particularly persistent.
Garden CandytuftIt is a low growing annual.
The flowers can be various colours.
They have 4 petals with the outer pair considerably
larger than the inner pair.
Leaves are lanceolate with rounded ends.
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Garden Candytuft
Close-up of flower
Leaves
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