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Iris
Family: Iridaceae Liz Makings	VPAP Gleason & Cronquist Resources JANAS 33(1) PLANT: Rhizomatous herbs. STEMS: erect, simple or branched. LEAVES: mainly basal, equitant, linear to ensiform (sword-like). FLOWERS: showy, solitary or few to many borne in paired spathe‑like bracts; perianth 6‑parted, united into a tube at base, the outer 3 tepals (sepals or falls) spreading, sometimes bearded, the inner tepals (petals or standards) erect or arching; stamens 3, opposite the sepals; style branches 3, petaloid, covering the stamens, the apex bifid, the stigmas on the abaxial surfaces. NOTES: 150 spp. N. Temperate zones, particularly Eurasian. (Greek: iris = rainbow) REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T., Jr. 2001. Iridaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1). Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Sep spreading or reflexed; pet erect or arching, in our spp. narrower and shorter than the petaloid sep; tep all united below into a perianth-tube; stamens inserted at the base of the sep; ovary 3- or 6-angled or -lobed; style divided distally into 3 petaloid branches arching over the stamens, each 2-lobed at the tip; stigma a thin plate or lip at the outer base of the 2 lobes; fr coriaceous or chartaceous, loculicidal or indehiscent; seeds in 1 or 2 rows per locule; perennial herbs with ensiform or linear lvs, our spp. with horizontal rhizomes and usually erect fl-stalks bearing 1-many fls. 200, N. Temp. Much hybridized in cult. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: Central Plains Experimental Range NEON (CPER) plants - Central Plains (D10) \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Iris aphylla Images not available Map not Available Iris bracteata Images not available Map not Available Iris brevicaulis Map not Available Iris caucasica Images not available Map not Available Iris chrysophylla Images not available Map not Available Iris cristata Map not Available Iris domestica Images not available Map not Available Iris douglasiana Images not available Map not Available Iris ensata Images not available Map not Available Iris fernaldii Images not available Map not Available Iris flexicaulis Images not available Map not Available Iris foetidissima Images not available Map not Available Iris fulva Images not available Map not Available Iris fulvala Images not available Map not Available Iris germanica Images not available Map not Available Iris giganticaerulea Images not available Map not Available Iris hartwegii Images not available Map not Available Iris hexagona Images not available Map not Available Iris hookeri Images not available Map not Available Iris innominata Images not available Map not Available Iris lacustris Images not available Map not Available Iris laevigata Images not available Map not Available Iris longipetala Images not available Map not Available Iris macrosiphon Images not available Map not Available Iris missouriensis Map not Available Iris munzii Images not available Map not Available Iris nelsonii Images not available Map not Available Iris orientalis Images not available Map not Available Iris pallida Images not available Map not Available Iris prismatica Images not available Map not Available Iris pseudacorus Map not Available Iris pumila Images not available Map not Available Iris purdyi Images not available Map not Available Iris robusta Images not available Map not Available Iris sanguinea Images not available Map not Available Iris savannarum Images not available Map not Available Iris setosa Images not available Map not Available Iris sibirica Images not available Map not Available Iris spuria Images not available Map not Available Iris tectorum Images not available Map not Available Iris tenax Images not available Map not Available Iris tenuis Images not available Map not Available Iris tenuissima Images not available Map not Available Iris thompsonii Images not available Map not Available Iris tridentata Images not available Map not Available Iris variegata Images not available Map not Available Iris verna Images not available Map not Available Iris versicolor Images not available Map not Available Iris violipurpurea Images not available Map not Available Iris virginica Map not Available