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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 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]
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 ...
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]
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.
Iris longipetala is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Longipetalae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from North America.It has dark green or bluish green, grass-like leaves, small stem and 3–8 flowers, that range from creamy-white, pale blue to lavender blue.
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 ...