Wild Candytuft

Wild Candytuft - Iberis amara

Description

Erect plant to 40 cm. The flowers are usually white, sometimes with a lilac tinge, they open into flattened clusters and each flower consists of four unequal petals.

Similar Species

Iberis umbellata.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Records should be supported by good photographs including a close up of the leaves.

Habitat

Occurs on bare, open ground on south-facing slopes on chalk, also bare places in grassland, particularly rabbit scrapes, and in quarries. It can occur as an arable weed, and as a casual, sometimes from wild flower mixes in a wide variety of ruderal habitats.

When to see it

Flowering from May to August.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Fairly widespread as a casual in Britain.

VC55 Status

Rarely recorded in the wild in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

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