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Iris × germanica grows up to 120 cm (47 in) high and 30 cm (12 in) wide. [5] The roots can go up to 10 cm (3.9 in) deep and it is a rhizomatous perennial that blooms mid to late spring. Hundreds of cultivars exist representing nearly every colour from jet black to sparkling whites and red. [ 6 ]
Iris florentina has also been treated as the correct name for the true species also known as Iris albicans Lange. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions almost worldwide and is a rhizomatous perennial from southern Europe , mainly Italy (including the city of Florence ) and France .
Section Iris. Iris adriatica Trinajstic ex Mitic; Iris albertii Reg. Iris albicans – white cemetery iris, white flag iris; Iris alexeenkoi Grossh.
Iridaceae (/ ɪ r ɪ ˈ d eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises.It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of c. 2500 species.
One ton of iris root produces two kilos of essential oil, also referred to as orris root butter or butter of iris, and it is the most expensive substance used in the fragrance industry. [7] Its fragrance has been described as tenaciously flowery, heavy and woody (paraphrasing Pavia , Dutch translation, page 40).
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Ancient Greek: Ἶρις, romanized: Îris, lit. 'rainbow,' [2] [3] Ancient Greek:) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, [4] the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera.
Irises is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Painted in 1889, the work is a landscape with a cropped composition and is one of several hundred paintings from a series of paintings that van Gogh made at the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890.
Florentine Iris Essenze: Ermenegildo Zegna: 2012 Grenada: Oscar de la Renta [73] 2012 Jeunesse: Robert Piguet: Aurelien Guichard: 2012 Michael Kors Suede: Michael Kors: 2012 Mi Corazon: Oscar de la Renta [70] [74] 2012 Oriental Lace: Oscar de la Renta [70] [75] 2012 Oriflame Lovely Garden: Oriflame: Jean Jacques, Luxembourg: 2012 Santo Domingo ...