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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.
Like many irises, Iris tenax has large and showy flowers. The flowers bloom in mid to late spring and are usually lavender-blue to purple, but blooms in white, yellow, pink, and orchid shades are known to sometimes occur. The leaves are very slender for an iris, seldom over 5 mm broad; the plant is often mistaken for a type of grass when not in ...
Iris planifolia growing wild near Elvas, Portugal. Iris planifolia has a large brown ovoid bulb (around 2 in (51 mm) in diameter), [2] with fleshy cylindrical white roots. [3] [4] The shiny green leaves that grow up to 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) long and 1–3 cm wide [4] can conceal the short stem [2] at flowering time.
Iris chrysographes is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with creeping rhizomes.The leaves are linear and greyish green, and up to 70 cm (28 in) long. The hollow flowering stems, 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) long, bear slightly scented flowers in early summer.
The English names walking iris, apostle's iris and apostle plant have been used for many species, regardless of the generic placement (e.g. for Trimezia gracilis, syn. Neomarica gracilis). New plantlets form at the end of the flower spikes; after flowering, the spikes fall over and a new plant grows, so the plant "walks".
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]
Iris hyrcana has spherical bulbs, [1] that are coated with a solid brown fiberous network. [2]The leaves appear after flowering, [2] it has 10 cm (3.9 in) high stems. [3] [4]In the Northern Hemisphere it blooms in the winter, between November and January, [5] [3] or sometimes in February. [2]
Iris milesii (also known as the red flower iris) is a plant species in the genus Iris, subgenus Limniris and in the section Lophiris (crested irises). It is a rhizomatous, beardless perennial plant, native to the Himalayas, India and China. It has pinkish-violet, or pinkish purple, or pinkish-lavender or pinkish lilac flowers, with a fringed ...