: a genus of Old World mostly glabrous plants (family Cruciferae) having entire or pinnatifid sometimes fleshy leaves and flowers with two long and two short petals succeeded by a broad ovate pod, the herbaceous members being often cultivated for their flat-topped clusters of white or purplish flowers — see candytuft
History and Etymology for Iberis
New Latin, from Latin, peppergrass, from Greek ibēris, perhaps from Ibēria (in Europe)