Iberis saxatilis

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Perennial, procumbent, diffuse shrub with straight, flowering stems 2.5-10 cm, glabrous to puberulent below, densely retrorsely puberulent above. Leaves 3-9 x 1-1.5 mm, semi-cylindrical on not flowering shoots and below on flowering stems; flat on upper flowering stems, entire, linear, acute, mucronulate, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliate on margins when young, soon glabrous. Inflorescence 7-12 x 9-12 mm, corymbose in flower, shortly elongating in fruit. Sepals, 1.5-2.5 mm, green to purplish, glabrous, white membranous-margined. Petals 3.5-6.5 mm , white to purplish-white, gradually narrowed into a short claw. Fruiting pedicel to 6 mm. Silicula 5-8 x 4-6 mm, ovate, broadly winged from the base, lobes rounded.

Iberis saxatilis subsp. magnesiana Oskay subsp. nov.

Small, evergreen, procumbent, diffuse subshrub with straight terminal flowering branches. Indumentum retrorsely setulose, variously dense, with hairiness increasing from the lower part to the top. Flowering stems 1.5–8 cm long, branched at base, ascending to erect. Leaves 3–12 × 1–2 mm, semi-cylindrical on sterile shoots and below on flowering stems; flat and involute on upper parts of flowering stems, sessile, entire, linear, acute, mucronulate, setulose on both surfaces. Inflorescence 8–15 × 9–15 mm, corymbose in flower, shortly elongating in fruit. Sepals 2.2–4 mm, concave, purplish, setulose, white membranous-margined, erect. Petals 4.5–7.5 mm , white to purplish-white, gradually narrowed into a short claw. Style 0.8–1.2 mm. Fruiting pedicels 5–6 mm. Fruits 6–9 × 4–6 mm, greenish to purplish, ovate to suborbicular, rounded at base, apex with 2 triangular lobes. Seed 2, brownish.

Flowering and fruiting in March–June.

1.Flowering stems up to 10 cm, glabrous or retrorsely setulose, leaves glabrous, ciliate, puberulent or setulose, sepals erect 

   2.Flowering stems glabrous. Leaves up to 1.5 mm wide

     3.Leaves first ciliate at margin, soon glabrous. Style 0.8–1.2 mm......... subsp. saxatilis

     3.Leaves more or less puberulent. Style 1.5–2.0 mm.............................subsp. longistyla

   2.Flowering stems retrorsely setulose. Leaves up to 2 mm wide, setulose..................subsp. magnesiana

1.Flowering stems up to 40 cm, densely pubescent, leaves densely pubescent, sepals patent...................................subsp. cinerea