Iris bulleyana Dykes

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping, thick. Leaves grayish green on both surfaces, linear, 15--45 cm × 3--10 mm, midvein absent, base reddish. Flowering stems 10--40(--70) cm × 4--6 mm, hollow, 2-or 3-leaved; spathes 2 or 3, green, slightly reddish brown at margin, 5.5--12 × 0.8--1.2 cm, (1 or)2-flowered. Flowers pale lilac or bluish violet to dark violet, rarely white, 6.5--7.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 2--6 cm. Perianth tube 1--1.2 cm; outer segments obovate, with darker lines and markings on central, whitish or yellowish patch, 4.5--5 × ca. 2.5 cm; inner segments ± erect, light violet, lanceolate, ca. 4 × 1.5 cm. Stamens ca. 2.5 cm; anthers milky white. Ovary ca. 2 cm. Style branches ca. 3.5 cm. Capsule cylindric, 4--5.5 × 1.5--1.8 cm, 3-angled, distinctly 6-veined, apex not beaked, obtuse. Seeds brown, semiorbicular, flat. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.45
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Iris bulleyana unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris bulleyana world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438442-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783168
COL ID 3PZKG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris bulleyana f. alba Iris bulleyana f. bulleyana Iris bulleyana Limniris bulleyana