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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 × germanica grows up to 120 cm (47 in) high and 30 cm (12 in) wide. [5] The roots can go up to 10 cm (3.9 in) deep and it is a rhizomatous perennial that blooms mid to late spring. Hundreds of cultivars exist representing nearly every colour from jet black to sparkling whites and red. [ 6 ]
Iris albicans – white cemetery iris, white flag iris; Iris alexeenkoi Grossh. Iris aphylla L. – stool iris, table iris, leafless iris (including I. nudicaulis) Iris aphylla subsp. hungarica (Waldst. & Kit.) Helgi ; Iris attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek; Iris benacensis A.Kern. ex Stapf; Iris bicapitata Colas; Iris croatica – Perunika I ...
Iris pallida, the Dalmatian iris or sweet iris, is a hardy flowering perennial plant of the genus Iris, family Iridaceae. It is native to the Dalmatian coast ( Croatia ) but widely naturalised elsewhere.
The AIS also established a registry to track cultivars. In 1922 and 1923, issues of the bulletin carried successive version of the AIS's preliminary checklist. Two large checklists were published as books in 1929 and 1939 under the title of the American Iris Society Alphabetical Iris Checklist. The first of these included some 12,000 names of ...
Iris ruthenica, sometimes called ever blooming iris (in the UK), Russian iris, pilgrim iris and Hungarian iris (in Europe), is a species in the genus Iris- subgenus Limniris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, with a wide distribution, ranging from eastern Europe to Central Asia. It has grass-like leaves, thick stem and violet or bluish lavender ...
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.
The reticulata group of irises is characterised by a fibrous net surrounding the bulb. They are small plants to 15 centimetres (5.9 in), with tubular, sharply-pointed, ribbed leaves, and flowers of yellow, blue or purple with an orange blaze on the falls, appearing in early spring.