Iris chrysographes Dykes

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Iris

Characteristics

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*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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 5-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions
Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Iris chrysographes unspecified picture
Iris chrysographes unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris chrysographes world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438478-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783204
COL ID 3PZLC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Limniris dykesii Limniris chrysographes Iris chrysographes Iris dykesii