iberis

(aɪˈbɪərɪs)

(Plants) any plant of the annual or perennial Eurasian genus Iberis, 12 to 25 cm (6–12 in.) in height, with white or purple flowers. I. amara and I. umbellata are the garden candytuft Family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

[New Latin, from Iberia Spain, where many species are common]

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Noun

Iberis - Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft

genus Iberis

dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives

candytuft - any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region

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Candytuft, or Iberis sempervirens, shows off small, bright white flowers in spring.

A suburban rock garden that looks centuries old

The pollen morphologies of Brassica campestris L., Coronopus didymus (L.) Smith., Eruca sativa L., Farsetia hamiltonii Royle., Iberis amara L., Lepidium sativum L., Raphanus sativus L., Sisymbrium irio L.

POLLEN AND SEED MORPHOLOGY OF CRAMBE SPECIES OF TURKEY

-- -- -- -- x Taxa Artemisia granatensis -- -- -- x x Festuca frigida -- -- -- x x Ranunculus alismoides -- -- -- x x Trisetum glaciale -- -- -- x x Iberis embergeri -- -- -- x x Pedicularis verticillata subsp.

Bioindicators and bioclimatic data as essential tools towards a consistent biogeographic district typology of Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)/Bioindicadores y datos bioclimaticos como herramientas esenciales para una tipologia biogeografica distrital consistente en el Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada (Espana)

Tetracycline was also taken up by Iberis sempervirens L.

Tetracycline Accumulation in Pea Seedlings and its Effects on Proteome and Enzyme Activities

It grows to 60cm and includes 14 species, including Nigella Damascena Miss Jekyll, Linum grandiflorum Rubrum, Iberis Umbellata and Silene Armeria Electra.

Create a natural wonderland; Meadow planting isn't just for those with very large gardens or estates. Sean Murray explains how the natural look can be developed in smaller spaces

Las zonas peridotiticas destacan por la abundancia en especies endemicas, muchas de ellas exclusivas de este tipo de roca, tales como Staehelina baetica, Iberis fontqueri, Alyssum serpyllifolium subsp.

Aportaciones a la flora de Sierra Alpujata y Sierra Blanca (Coin, Malaga)

STW 5 and is a fixed herbal combination of a fresh plant extract from bitter candytuft (Iberis amara) and extracts from dried greater celandine herb, angelica root, lemon balm leaves, peppermint leaves, caraway fruit, liquorice root, chamomile flower and milk thistle fruit (Wegener and Wagner 2006).

Extracts from peppermint leaves, lemon balm leaves and in particular angelica roots mimic the pro-secretory action of the herbal preparation STW 5 in the human intestine

STW5, commercially known as Iberogast (Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Germany) is a well-researched herbal preparation that consists of 50% (v/v) hydroethanolic fresh plant extract of Iberis amara whole plant, and 30% hydroethanolic extracts of Melissa officinalis, Matricaria chamomilla, Carum carvi, Mentha piperita, Angelica archangelica, Silybum marianum, Chelidonium majus and Glycyrrhyiza glabra.

Mechanisms of effect of Iberogast in functional dyspepsia

(105) This formula includes alcoholic extracts of Iberis amara totalis recens, Angelicae radix, Cardui mariae fructus, Chelidonii herba, Liquiritiae radix, Matricariae flos, Melissae folium, Carvi fructus, and Menthae piperitae folium.

SIBO: dysbiosis has a new name

Effects of Iberis umbellate (Brassicaceae) on insect pests of cabbage and on potential biological control agents.

The attraction of Lepidoptera to flowering plants also attractive to parasitoids (Diptera, Hymenoptera)