Iberis spathulata, J. P. Bergeret

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 324

6. I. spathulata J. P. Bergeret , Phytonomat. 3: 3 (1784)

(/. nana All. , /. carnosa Willd. ).

Small, glabrous or more or less pubescent perennial with 1 or more erect or ascending, simple stems 3- 10 cm, leafy to the apex. Leaves rather fleshy, entire to sublobulate-dentate, obtuse, the lower broadly spathulate, the upper obovate-spathulate. Inflorescence a short, dense corymb. Petals purplish to white. Silicula 4-5 x 5-5-5 mm, broadly ovate, narrowly winged; lobes short, subobtuse, convergent; notch very acute. Rock-crevices and gravelly places on high mountains (1500- 2800 m). • Pyrenees; Maritime Alps; Appennini Ligure. Ga Hs It.