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Trimezia northiana, synonym Neomarica northiana, [1] also known as North's false flag [2] or walking iris, is a flowering plant, native to Brazil, ...
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".
Trimezia candida, synonym Neomarica candida, [3] also known as white walking iris, is species of flowering plant. It was first described by Emil Hassler and given the name Neomarica candida by Thomas Archibald Sprague . [ 4 ]
Trimezia martinicensis is closely related to T. steyermarkii, [6] with which it has been widely confused. [7] Clive Innes describes T. martinicensis as having a brown mark at the base of each outer tepal, whereas T. steyermarkii has brownish-purple bands. [8]
It was later illustrated as Iris minute in Curtis's Botanical Magazine Issue 8293 in 1910. [3] Later, Iris minuta was regarded as a synonym of Iris minutoaurea and first published and described by Tomitaro Makino in the 'Journal of Japanese Botany', (Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi) from Tokyo Vol.17 in 1928. [24] Iris minutoaurea is an accepted name ...
Iris longifolia (Sweet) Spach Iris tuberosa Iris tuberosa Iris tuberosa (formerly Hermodactylus tuberosus ) is a species of tuberous flowering plant of the genus Iris , with the common names snake's-head , [ 4 ] snake's-head iris , [ 5 ] widow iris , black iris , or velvet flower-de-luce .
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 ...
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.