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Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers.As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera.
Iris foetidissima L. – Stinking Iris, Gladwin Iris, Stinking Gladwin, Gladdon, Roast-beef Plant; Series Hexagonae (known as the Louisiana irises) Iris brevicaulis Raf. – Zigzag Iris; Iris fulva Ker-Gawl. – Copper Iris; Iris giganticaerulea – Giant Blue Iris, Giant Blue Flag; Iris hexagona Walt. – Dixie Iris; Iris nelsonii Randolph ...
Iris typhifolia has been very useful to plant breeders and hybridisers, due to its hardiness, foliage, flower markings. [7] and because it flowers earlier than other siberian irises. [5] [11] Iris typhifolia 'China Spring' was the first introduced Iris typhifolia hybrid; Iris typhifolia 'Caitlin's Smile' – with erect foliage and purple blue ...
It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Turkey and Greece, with white flowers with a yellow mark or blotch. It was also known as Iris ochroleuca for a long time. It is commonly known as yellow banded iris in the U.S. and Turkish iris in the UK but also has some other less common names. It is very hardy and has been known to naturalize in ...
Iris xiphium, commonly known as the Spanish iris, is an iris native to Spain and Portugal. It has also been found in Corsica, South West France, southern Italy, Algeria and Tunisia. [2] This species is also known as the small bulbous-rooted iris or xiphium iris. It was first illustrated in 'Flowers of the Mediterranean' in 1965. [2]
Iris milesii (also known as the red flower iris) is a plant species in the genus Iris, subgenus Limniris and in the section Lophiris (crested irises). It is a rhizomatous, beardless perennial plant, native to the Himalayas, India and China. It has pinkish-violet, or pinkish purple, or pinkish-lavender or pinkish lilac flowers, with a fringed ...
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.
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 ...