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Species
Near ThreatenedSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
L'Iris de Sibérie (Iris sibirica) est une plante herbacée appartenant au genre Iris et à la famille des Iridacées. On la trouve en Europe centrale, orientale, en Asie du Nord ainsi que dans le Caucase comme en Arménie aux alentours du lac Arpi. En France, c'est une plante rare et protégée, qu'on rencontre en Alsace, et çà et là ailleurs notamment dans le Jura et en Charente-Maritime. Nom russe : Ирис сибирский
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 919
- With media
- 718
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Collections
- DBG, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, CM, VT, WIS, MSC
- Recorded in
- United States, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Russian Federation
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Encyclopedic overview
Iris sibirica, commonly known as Siberian iris or Siberian flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from Europe (including France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine and northern Turkey) and Central Asia (including Armenia, Azerbaijan and Siberia). It has long green grass-like leaves, tall stem, 2–5 violet-blue, to blue, and occasionally white flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iris sibirica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.