Iris brevicaulis

Iris brevicaulis

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris
Section: Iris sect. Limniris
Series: Iris ser. Hexagonae
Species:
I. brevicaulis
Binomial name
Iris brevicaulis
Synonyms[2]
  • Iris acleantha Small
  • Iris alabamensis Small
  • Iris atrocyanea Small
  • Iris brevicaulis f. boonensis (Daniels) R.C.Foster
  • Iris callilopha Alexander
  • Iris chrysaeola Small
  • Iris foliosa Mack. & Bush
  • Iris foliosa var. boonensis Daniels
  • Iris fourchiana Small
  • Iris hexagona var. lamancei J.N.Gerard
  • Iris lamancei (J.N.Gerard) Lynch
  • Iris mississippiensis Alexander
  • Limniris brevicaulis (Raf.) Rodion.

Iris brevicaulis is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Hexagonae. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from North America. It has bright green, glossy long leaves, a long zig-zagged stem and 3–6 flowers per stem, which are come in blue shades from violet-blue, to lavender, to purple-blue, to bright blue to blue, and pale blue.

  1. ^ "Iris brevicaulis". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. ^ "Iris brevicaulis Raf. is an accepted name". theplantlist.org. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2014.