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Iris laevigata, known as Japanese iris, [1] rabbit-ear iris, [2] or shallow-flowered iris [3] (Japanese: kakitsubata カキツバタ), is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Japan. It is related to other members of Iris subgenus Limniris, including other species of Japanese irises.
Iris ser. Laevigatae is a series of the genus Iris, in Iris subg. Limniris. The series was first classified by Diels in 'Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien' (Edited by H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl) in 1930. It was further expanded by Lawrence in Gentes Herb (written in Dutch) in 1953. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The kakitsubata (カキツバタ, 杜若, Iris laevigata) grows in the semi-wet land and is less popular, but is also cultivated extensively. [citation needed]It is a prefectural flower of Aichi Prefecture due to the famous tanka poem which is said to have been written in this area during the Heian period, as it appears in The Tales of Ise by Ariwara no Narihira (note that the beginning ...
Iris laevigata Fisch – Rabbitear Iris, Shallow-flowered Iris, kakitsubata (Japanese) Iris maackii Maxim. Iris pseudacorus L. – Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag; 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 ...
The original collection consisted of seed pods only, later named as a synonym of Iris laevigata before being re-classified as a species. [2] [11] It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 4 April 2003, then updated on 10 March 2017. [9] Iris maackii is now an accepted name by the RHS. [12]
Iris ensata, the Japanese iris [1] or Japanese water iris (Japanese: hanashōbu), formerly I. kaempferi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia, and widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. "Japanese iris" may also refer to I. sanguinea and I. laevigata, both native to Japan.
The mottled beauty (Alcis repandata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . Subspecies and forms
Iris lacustris, the dwarf lake 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 Great Lakes region of eastern North America. It has lavender blue or violet-blue flowers, a very short stem and long fan-like green leaves.