Rush iris | |
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Illustration of the Iris juncea by Walter Hood Fitch ( Curtis’s Botanical Magazine) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Iris |
Subgenus: | Iris subg. Xiphium |
Section: | Iris sect. Xiphium |
Species: | I. juncea
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Binomial name | |
Iris juncea | |
Synonyms | |
Diaphane stylosa
Salisb. |
Iris juncea (commonly called the rush iris) is a smooth-bulbed bulbous iris species. The name is derived from 'juncea' from the Greek word meaning 'rush-like'. [1]
It was first described by Jean Louis Marie Poiret in 1871. [2] It was then illustrated in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1898. [3]
Its flowers are light yellow [4] and fragrant. Normally 2 per stem in summer. [5] It flowers between June and July. [3]
It grows to a height of between 1 and 2 feet. [6] The 3mm wide leaves appear in the autumn and then fade before flowering. [5]
The bulb is reddish-brown in colour. [3]
It can be found in ( Algeria and Tunisia) in North Africa, [7] Southern Spain and Sicily. [5]
Other varieties known include; [5]
Media related to Iris juncea at Wikimedia Commons
Rush iris | |
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Illustration of the Iris juncea by Walter Hood Fitch ( Curtis’s Botanical Magazine) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Genus: | Iris |
Subgenus: | Iris subg. Xiphium |
Section: | Iris sect. Xiphium |
Species: | I. juncea
|
Binomial name | |
Iris juncea | |
Synonyms | |
Diaphane stylosa
Salisb. |
Iris juncea (commonly called the rush iris) is a smooth-bulbed bulbous iris species. The name is derived from 'juncea' from the Greek word meaning 'rush-like'. [1]
It was first described by Jean Louis Marie Poiret in 1871. [2] It was then illustrated in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1898. [3]
Its flowers are light yellow [4] and fragrant. Normally 2 per stem in summer. [5] It flowers between June and July. [3]
It grows to a height of between 1 and 2 feet. [6] The 3mm wide leaves appear in the autumn and then fade before flowering. [5]
The bulb is reddish-brown in colour. [3]
It can be found in ( Algeria and Tunisia) in North Africa, [7] Southern Spain and Sicily. [5]
Other varieties known include; [5]
Media related to Iris juncea at Wikimedia Commons