Iris confusa Sealy

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping, stout. Stems erect, canelike, to 1.2 m, flattened, with prominent scars and bases of old leaf sheaths. Leaves 10 or more clustered into a terminal fan, yellowish green, glossy on 1 surface, somewhat glaucous on other, sword-shaped, 28--80 × 3--6 cm, veins obscure. Flowering stems with 5--8 slender branches near apex; spathes 4--6, ca. 1.5 cm, membranous, 3--5-flowered. Flowers white or bluish tinged, 4--5.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 1.5--2 cm, stiff, persistent. Perianth tube ca. 1.5 cm; outer segments elliptic, 2--3 × 1.5--2 cm, limb spreading, spotted yellow around crest, margin undulate, apex retuse; inner segments broadly lanceolate, ca. 2.5 × 1 cm, apex retuse. Stamens ca. 1.5 cm; anthers yellow. Ovary ca. 6 mm. Style branches pale blue, ca. 2 cm × 8 mm; terminal lobes fimbriate. Capsule ellipsoid, 2.5--3.5 × 1--1.4 cm, 6-ribbed, reticulate veined. Seeds dark brown. Fl. Apr, fr. May--Jul. 2 n = 30*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.2
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 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Iris confusa unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris confusa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438505-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783226
COL ID 6N9Y6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Iris confusa Evansia confusa