*Iris germanica Linnaeus. Subgenus: Iris. clade: Iris. Common name: German Iris, Fleur-de-Lys. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Roadsides, old homesites, ditches; cultivated and rarely persistent or escaped. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA26, G, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, & Mavrodiev (2015); > Iris ×germanica L. — Can, Il, WH3; > Iris flavescens Delile; > Iris germanica L. Basionym: Iris germanica L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Iris germanica - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of roadsides, old home sites and ditches; cultivated and rarely persistent or escaped. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stem a branching, tuberous, horizontal rhizome at soil surface; the stiff flowering stalk, branching once or twice above the middle, arises from the rhizome.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, in 2 ranks, linear-lance-shaped, to 2 ft. long, light green and smooth.
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Flowers: Flowers about 6, produced on the flowering stalk from nodes underlain by bracts; purple to pale purple; consisting of 3 ornate, brown-veined, drooping, petal-like sepals with white bases and yellow "beards," and 3 simpler, erect purple-lilac petals.
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Height: 2-3 ft.
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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of roadsides, old home sites and ditches; cultivated and rarely persistent or escaped. Native of Europe.
stems: Stem a branching, tuberous, horizontal rhizome at soil surface; the stiff flowering stalk, branching once or twice above the middle, arises from the rhizome.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, in 2 ranks, linear-lance-shaped, to 2 ft. long, light green and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers about 6, produced on the flowering stalk from nodes underlain by bracts; purple to pale purple; consisting of 3 ornate, brown-veined, drooping, petal-like sepals with white bases and yellow "beards," and 3 simpler, erect purple-lilac petals.
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native range: Mediterranean
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