Candytuft Seeds white pack of 40 seeds Desi

Candytuft Seeds Iberis amara

• Name also: Wild Candytuft, Rocket Candytuft, Bitter Candytuft, Hyacinth Candytuft
• Family: Mustard Family – Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
• Growing form: Annual herb.
• Height: 15–30 cm (6–12 in.). Stem bristly, branching from crown, short-haired, bristles descending oblique.
• Flower: Corolla irregular (zygomorphic), white–light violet. Petals 4, of which 2 outermost long (6 mm (0.24 in.), and 2 innermost short (3 mm (0.12 in.)). Sepals 4. Stamens 6. Gynoeciem fused, a single carpel. Flowers fragrant, inflorescence initially dense and corymbose, becoming more sparse in fruiting stage.
• Leaves: Alternate, lowest soon withering, middle and upper leaves stalkless, narrowly obovate, sparse-toothed at tip (sometimes with short margins), margin sparsely hairy, 3-veined.
• Fruit: With 2 compartments, 2-seeded, round, flat, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in.) long winged silicula. Wing widest at tip, tip notched with approx. 1 mm (0.04 in.) bristle. Stalk initially short, later at least as long as silicula. Seed flat, narrowly winged.
• Habitat: Yards, roadsides, wasteland, culturally-influenced land. Ornamental, occasionally wild.
• Flowering time: July–August.

Candytuft Seeds Genus Iberis species are garden plants in Finland and can be found particularly in rockeries and to a certain extant as escapes from there. Among the most common escapes in the genus are wild candytuft and globe candytuft (I. umbellata). The name of the genus is a big hint that the plant originates from or is at least common on the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). Wild candytuft’s species epithet amara(lat. amarus) refers to its bitter flavour.