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Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers.As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera.
Iris typhifolia has been very useful to plant breeders and hybridisers, due to its hardiness, foliage, flower markings. [7] and because it flowers earlier than other siberian irises. [5] [11] Iris typhifolia 'China Spring' was the first introduced Iris typhifolia hybrid; Iris typhifolia 'Caitlin's Smile' – with erect foliage and purple blue ...
It is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its purple flowers which appear in early Summer. Iris latifolia grows to a height of 50 cm. [3] The plant produces two or three deep purple flowers with yellow marks in the center of the lower petals. Flowers have six tepals and are 12–13 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and sword-shaped ...
Iris florentina flower in late April. Iris florentina has a thick or stout rhizome, which is short, fleshy, horizontal, and has a strong violet scent. [2] [3] [4] The rhizomes spread across the surface of the soil, [1] [5] [6] to form clumps of plants. [6] [7] This habit can often create a dense network of fibrous roots that can crowd out other ...
At this time the plants are dormant and their bulbs or corms are able to survive the heat of the fires underground. Veld fires clear the soil surface of competing vegetation, as well as fertilize it with ash. With the arrival of the first rains, the dormant corms are ready to burst into growth, sending up flowers and stems before they can be ...
Iris alata by Poir and recorded in a 1939 checklist. [3] Further research took then plant origin back to 1894. Iris planifolia is now the accepted name by the RHS, [14] and it was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 4 April 2003 and the updated on 3 December 2004. [15]
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 tectorum (also known as roof iris, Japanese roof iris and wall iris) is a plant species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris. It is a rhizomatous perennial. It is native of China, Korea and Burma, with lavender-blue, bluish-violet, purple-blue, blue-lilac or sky blue flowers. There is a white form as well.