Iberis amara L., 1753 39% complete

Bitter candytuft

Sp. Pl.: 649 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Iberis amara, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 649 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Bitter candytuft No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations W. Europe to NW. Italy No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 23 cm
  • 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 164, 174, 178, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Fruit shape silique Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 35 cm
  • 35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 164, 174, 178, 882, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 178, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record