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Iris giganticaerulea, the giant blue iris, is a species of iris, in the subgenus Limniris, in the series Hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from northern America.It has long bright green leaves, very tall stems and one or two musky fragrant flowers in a range of blue shades (pale, bright, dark, lavender and violet) or rarely white.
Iris brevicaulis is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from North America.It has bright green, glossy long leaves, a long zig-zagged stem and 3–6 flowers per stem, which are come in blue shades from violet-blue, to lavender, to purple-blue, to bright blue to blue, and pale blue.
Iris spuria, or blue flag, is a species of the genus Iris, part of the subgenus Limniris and the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Europe, Asia and Africa. It has purple or lilac flowers, and slender, elongated leaves. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions and hybridized for use in the garden.
Iris versicolor or Iris versicolour is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, [2] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, [3] [4] and in Great Britain and Ireland as purple iris. [5] It is a species of Iris native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern ...
Iris giganticaerulea – Giant Blue Iris, Giant Blue Flag; Iris hexagona Walt. – Dixie Iris; Iris nelsonii Randolph – (Abbeville Iris) Iris savannarum Small – Prairie iris; Series Laevigatae (which includes the Japanese irises) Iris ensata Thunb. – Japanese Iris, hanashÅbu (including I. kaempferi) Iris laevigata Fisch – Rabbitear ...
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Iris versicolor L. – Larger blue flag, harlequin blueflag; Iris virginica L. – Virginia iris; Series Longipetalae (Rocky Mountain or long-petaled iris) Iris longipetala Herb. – (Coast iris) Iris missouriensis – Rocky Mountain iris, Western blue flag; Series Prismaticae (contains just one species from America) Iris prismatica Pursh ex ...
The three, usually light blue, sepals have purple lines and surround the three smaller darker-blue petals. Iris missouriensis is an erect herbaceous rhizomatous perennial, 20 to 40 centimetres (7 + 7 ⁄ 8 to 15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) high, with leafless unbranched scapes (flowering stems) and linear basal leaves, 5 to 10 mm wide, similar in height to the scapes.