Iris formosana Ohwi

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Iris

Characteristics

Rhizomes erect, thick, producing slender stolons. Leaves grayish green on 1 surface, bright green on other, sword-shaped, 30--40 × 2--2.5 cm, veins 3--5. Flowering stems 4-or 5-branched, 30--40 cm; spathes 4--6, green, 3--5-flowered, margin membranous. Flowers whitish, 7--8 cm in diam. Perianth tube ca. 1 cm; outer segments obovate, 4--5 × ca. 2.5 cm, limb reflexed, with blue lines and yellow-brown spots around prominent crest, margin denticulate, undulate; inner segments speading obliquely, pale blue, oblanceolate to oblong, 2.5--3 × ca. 1.5 cm, adaxially with dense, glandular trichomes, margin slightly denticulate. Anthers oblong to linear, 8--9 mm; filaments white, ca. 1.5 cm. Ovary ca. 1 cm. Style branches pale blue, ca. 2 cm × 6--7 mm; terminal lobes fimbriate. Capsule oblong to ovoid-cylindric, apex with persistent perianth tube. 2 n = 28*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Images

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Distribution

Iris formosana world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438610-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783349
COL ID 3PZPG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris formosana Evansia formosana