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Iridaceae
Iris

not marked as a favorite taxon *Iris germanica Linnaeus. 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.

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Subgenus: Iris. clade: Iris.

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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image #1 of Iris germanica© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Iris germanica© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Iris germanica© Tracie L. Jeffries | Original Image ⭷

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NCBG trait

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.

Inforescence:

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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