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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.
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 ensata Thunb. – Japanese iris, hanashōbu (Japanese) (including I. kaempferi) Iris laevigata Fisch – rabbit-ear 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
Iris is extensively grown as ornamental plant in home and botanical gardens. Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in New Jersey, for example, is a living iris museum with over 10,000 plants, [24] while in Europe the most famous iris garden is arguably the Giardino dell'Iris in Florence (Italy) which every year hosts a well attended iris breeders ...
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 ...
Iris maackii is a species in the genus Iris; it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Laevigatae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from China and eastern Russia.It has sword-shaped grey-green leaves, and has many branched flowering stems that carry flowers in May that come in various shades of yellow.
Based on flowers raised from seed given to Kew Gardens by Micheli, noting the fact the iris was similar in form to Iris laevigata Fisch & Mey. [11] The authors of the 'Flora of China' have speculated that the early found specimens of Iris laevigata Fisch. Found in the high elevations of Yunnan should be referred to Iris delavayi. [25]
It has straight or slightly falcate (or sickle shaped), grey-green leaves, [4] although the base of the leaves is purple violet. [2] They can grow up to between 10–25 cm (4–10 in) long, [2] [4] and between 1.5 and 2.5 cm wide. [3] [4] Similar to Iris junonia, it is herbaceous, the leaves die in the winter, when they re-grow in the spring. [4]