Iris chrysographes

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderAsparagales
5. FamilyIridaceae

Native toChina South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet

Observations recorded307

Rhizomes shortly creeping, thick. Leaves grayish green on both surfaces, linear, 25--70 cm × 3--12 mm, midvein obscure. Flowering stems 25--50 cm, hollow. Spathes 3, green, lightly tinted reddish purple, lanceolate, 6.5--9 × 0.8--1.5 cm, 2-flowered, apex acuminate. Flowers very dark violet, velvety, 6--9 cm in diam.; outer segments narrowly obovate, limb with golden yellow stripes at base, 5.5--7 × 2.5--3.5 cm; inner segments spreading obliquely, narrowly lanceolate, ca. 6 × 1 cm. Stamens 4--4.5 cm; filaments purple; anthers violet. Ovary 3--3.5 cm × 5--7 mm. Style branches dark purple, 4.5--5 cm × 6--8 mm. Capsule ellipsoid, 4--6 × 1.7--2 cm, 3-angled, apex not beaked. Seeds maroon-brown, semiorbicular. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 40*.

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Specimen records

45

With media

41

Family

Iridaceae

Collections

CAS, US, A, GH, MO, MICH

Recorded in

China, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Iris

Image

BlacIris.jpg

Has use

medicinal plant

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