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Iris versicolor is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant, growing 10–80 cm (4–31 in) high. It tends to form large clumps from thick, creeping rhizomes. The unwinged, erect stems generally have basal leaves that are more than 1 cm (1 ⁄ 2 in) wide. Leaves are folded on the midribs so that they form an overlapping flat fan.
Iris prismatica, the slender blue flag or cubeseed iris, [2] is a plant species native to parts of the southern and eastern United States from Maine south to Alabama, as well as to the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia. [3] [4] [5] Iris prismatica is a perennial herb spreading by means of rhizomes that are close to the surface of ...
Iris spuria, or blue flag, is a species of the genus Iris, part of the subgenus Limniris and the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Europe, Asia and Africa. It has purple or lilac flowers, and slender, elongated leaves. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions and hybridized for use in the garden.
"Japanese iris" is also a catch-all term for the Japanese iris proper (hanashÅbu), the blood iris (I. sanguinea, ayame) and the rabbit-ear iris (I. laevigata, kakitsubata). I. unguicularis is a late-winter-flowering species from Algeria, with sky-blue flowers with a yellow streak in the centre of each petal, produced from Winter to Spring.
Iris prismatica, the slender blue flag iris Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
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) Iris missouriensis – Rocky Mountain Iris, Western Blue Flag; Series Prismaticae (contains just one species from America) Iris prismaticaPursh ex Ker ...
The three, usually light blue, sepals have purple lines and surround the three smaller darker-blue petals. Iris missouriensis is an erect herbaceous rhizomatous perennial, 20 to 40 centimetres (7 + 7 ⁄ 8 to 15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) high, with leafless unbranched scapes (flowering stems) and linear basal leaves, 5 to 10 mm wide, similar in height to the scapes.
Iris virginica is a perennial plant that grows up to 0.6–0.9 m (2–3 ft) tall. The plant's sword-shaped basal leaves are erect or sometimes arching and measure up to 91 cm (3 ft) long and 2.5 cm (1 in) across at the base.