CANDYTUFT (Iberis amara, so called from Iberia, i.e.

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• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, where many

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• SPECIES

species of the genus are native, and amara,

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• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter, i.e. in

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• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste)  , a small annual herb (natural order Cruciferae) with white or purplish flowers, the outer petals of which are longer than the rest . It is a native of western Europe and found wild on dry soil in cultivated ground in the centre and east of England . This and several other species of the genus are known as garden plants, and are of easy culture in ordinary garden soil if well exposed to sun and air . The common candytuft of gardens is I. umbellata, a hardy annual, native of southern Europe, and known in a number of varieties differing in colour of flowers . I. coronaria (rocket candytuft) has long dense heads of white flowers and is also an annual . Some species have a shrubby growth and are evergreen perennials; the best-known is I. sempervirens, a native of southern Europe, a much-branched plant about a foot high with long racemes of white flowers . I. gibraltarica is a showy, handsome half hardy evergreen .