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Iris verna, the dwarf violet iris, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family . [1] It is endemic to the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida along the Atlantic Coast, west to Mississippi, and inland to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. [2] [3] [4] It occurs in nutrient-poor acidic soils of open to semi-shaded woodlands. [3]
Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] These scientific names have been catalogued in a variety of works, including Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners .
It was later re-classified as a form of I. barnumiae by Mathew and Wendelbo in Flora Iranica (Rechinger, K. H., edition of) Vol.112 on page35 in 1975. [9] [35] It has a similar plant form to Iris iberica, with similar rhizomes and a plant height, [2] of between 15 and 40 cm (6 and 16 in) tall. [12] But it has yellow flowers, [3] [9] [11] that ...
Iris foetidissima L. – Stinking Iris, Gladwin Iris, Stinking Gladwin, Gladdon, Roast-beef Plant; Series Hexagonae (known as the Louisiana irises) Iris brevicaulis Raf. – Zigzag Iris; Iris fulva Ker-Gawl. – Copper Iris; Iris giganticaerulea – Giant Blue Iris, Giant Blue Flag; Iris hexagona Walt. – Dixie Iris; Iris nelsonii Randolph ...
It is known as Tsürdger iris in Mongolia. [14] It has many common names, including Swollen Iris, [4] [15] [8] or purple-flower iris (in China), [13] or Bellied Iris (in the 1800s in the UK), [16] or balloon flower iris, [17] The Latin specific epithet ventricosa refers to the inflated bract (or swelling) below the flower. [18]
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 ...
Iris setosa, the bristle-pointed iris, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Iris of the family Iridaceae, it belongs the subgenus Limniris and the series Tripetalae.It is a rhizomatous perennial from a wide range across the Arctic sea, including Alaska, Maine, Canada (including British Columbia, Newfoundland, Quebec and Yukon), Russia (including Siberia), northeastern Asia, China ...
Iris tenuis (Clackamas iris) is a plant species in the genus Iris, subgenus Limniris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, endemic to Clackamas County, Oregon. The flowers are white, pale blue or lilac, with a yellow or golden low dissected crest and pale green leaves. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.