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Iris lortetii (also known as Lortet's iris or in Israel as the Samarian iris) is a species in the genus Iris. It has straight grey-green leaves, a 30–50 cm tall stem, and large showy flowers in late spring or mid-summer that come in shades of pink, from white, lilac, pale lavender and grey-purple. It is veined and dotted pink or maroon.
Iris mesopotamica, the Mesopotamian iris, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Iris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the middle East, within the countries of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Israel. It has linear, grey-green or green broad leaves, tall stem with 2–3 branches, holding up to 9 scented flowers, in shades of ...
Iris regis-uzziae is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Scorpiris. Also known as King Uzziae Iris. [3] Named after the 742BC King of Judah, Uzziah. [4] One translation of the Latin term 'Iris regis-uzziae' in Hebrew is אִירוּס טוּבְיָה [5] It is a bulbous perennial.
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For plants whose identities are unconfirmed or debated the most probable species is listed first. Plants named in the Old Testament ( Hebrew Bible or Tenakh ) are given with their Hebrew name, while those mentioned in the New Testament are given with their Greek names.
Iris atropurpurea, the coastal iris (Hebrew: אירוס הארגמן, Irus HaArgaman, meaning "Purple Iris"; Arabic: سوسن أرجواني داكن, Sawsan argwānī al-dākin) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Israel. It has glaucous (blue ...
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It is also known as the Palestine iris, [2] and it is known in Hebrew as איריס ארץ-ישראלי (iris eretz Israeli). [4] Iris palestina was first found in Mesopotamia, part of Syria, and it was first published in Flora Orientalis by Pierre Edmond Boissier in July 1882. [10] It was originally thought to be a variety of Iris vartanii. [3]