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Its flowers are usually of a dull, leaden-blue colour, or dull buff-yellow tinged with blue. The petals have delicate veining. It blooms between June and July, but the flowers only last a day or so. [3] The green seed capsules, which remain attached to the plant throughout the winter, are 5–8 cm (2–3 in) long; and the seeds are scarlet.
Iris sanguinea is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus Iris and in the series Sibiricae. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It is one of the species considered a Japanese iris .
The 3-locular seed capsule contains the seeds which are often circular, flat in some cases drop-like grains coloured black or sometimes orange (Iris pseudacorus). The species in the subfamily are often used as ornamental plants such as Iris and Tigridia .
"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.
Dietes bicolor, the African iris, butterfly flag, fortnight lily, or peacock flower, [1] is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like evergreen pale green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump. This species belongs to the iris family Iridaceae. It can form large clumps if left undisturbed for years.
The flowers are bright yellow, 7–10 cm (2.8–3.9 in) across, with the typical iris form. The fruit is a dry capsule 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) long, containing numerous pale brown seeds. I. pseudacorus grows best in very wet conditions, and is common in wetlands, where it tolerates submersion, low pH , and anoxic soils.
Dietes grandiflora, commonly named fortnight lily, large wild iris, African iris [1] or fairy iris, is a rhizomatous perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa , where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial ...
It is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its purple flowers which appear in early Summer. Iris latifolia grows to a height of 50 cm. [3] The plant produces two or three deep purple flowers with yellow marks in the center of the lower petals. Flowers have six tepals and are 12–13 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and sword-shaped ...