Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Mediterranean scrub

Range

Southern Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This annual plant grows in dense, rounded clusters across rocky Mediterranean hills. Each flower head contains exactly four petals of uneven size to better attract passing insects.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Brassicaceae

Genus

Iberis

Species

Iberis umbellata