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Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Portugal, Spain and North Africa [1] (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium). [2] Two varieties of Iris xiphium (var. praecox) from Spain and (var. lusitanica) from Portugal, were crossed with Iris tingitana (from North Africa).
Subgenus Xiphium is a subgenus of Iris. If considered a separate genus from Iris, it is known as genus Xiphion. The Latin specific epithet Xiphium refers to the Greek word for sword xiphos. [1] All species in this subgenus are true bulbs, and are native to southwest Europe (southern Spain, Portugal and southern France) and northern Africa. [2]
Iris xiphium, commonly known as the Spanish iris, is an iris native to Spain and Portugal. It has also been found in Corsica, South West France, southern Italy, Algeria and Tunisia. [2] This species is also known as the small bulbous-rooted iris or xiphium iris. It was first illustrated in 'Flowers of the Mediterranean' in 1965. [2]
"Japanese iris" is also a catch-all term for the Japanese iris proper (hanashÅbu), the blood iris (I. sanguinea, ayame) and the rabbit-ear iris (I. laevigata, kakitsubata). I. unguicularis is a late-winter-flowering species from Algeria, with sky-blue flowers with a yellow streak in the centre of each petal, produced from Winter to Spring.
[20] [8] Both fall and spring blooming crocuses are cultivated for their flowers. [110] Among the first flowers to bloom in spring, their flowering time can vary from fall to the late winter blooming C. tommasinianus ; the earliest fall blooming species, C. scharojanii , may flower during the last weeks of July.
Iris ruthenica, sometimes called ever blooming iris (in the UK), Russian iris, pilgrim iris and Hungarian iris (in Europe), is a species in the genus Iris- subgenus Limniris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, with a wide distribution, ranging from eastern Europe to Central Asia. It has grass-like leaves, thick stem and violet or bluish lavender ...
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The leaves reach up to 30 cm at flowering time and then grow up to 45–60 cm tall later, [7] growing to longer than the flowering stem. [4] The strongly ribbed leaves [4] can be 2–8 mm wide. [8] [4] Iris decora was found in 1832 on grassy hillsides on plateaus, open stony pastures, and cliffs at 2800–3100 m above sea level. [8]