Iris lactea Pall.

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizomes sheathed with reddish purple fibers, creeping, thick. Leaves basal, grayish green, linear, 14--70 cm × 3--7 mm, tough, drying prominently ribbed, midvein absent. Flowering stems 3--30 cm; spathes green, lanceolate, 4.5--10 × 0.8--1.6 cm, 2--4-flowered, apex acuminate. Flowers pale violet, or partly milky white or yellow, 5--7.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 4--7 cm. Perianth tube very short, ca. 3 mm; outer segments oblanceolate, 4.5--6.5 × 0.8--1.2 cm, apex obtuse or mucronate; inner segments erect, narrowly oblanceolate, 4.2--4.5 cm × 5--7 mm. Stamens 2.5--3.2 cm; anthers yellow. Ovary narrowly fusiform, very long, 3--4.5 cm, grooved. Capsule narrowly cylindric, 6.5--7.5 × 1--1.4 cm, 6-ribbed, apex shortly beaked; fruiting pedicels unequal, 4--10 cm. Seeds maroon-brown, pyriform. Fl. Apr--Jun, fr. Jun--Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.93 - 1.0
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 c3

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Iris lactea unspecified picture
Iris lactea unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris lactea world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Chile, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Pakistan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438774-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783525
COL ID 3PZTQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 634185
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris triflora Joniris longispatha Iris fragrans Iris lactea Iris moorcroftiana Iris oxypetala Joniris triflora Joniris fragrans Xiphion triflorum Eremiris lactea Iris haematophylla Iris longispatha Limniris lactea Iris sibirica var. haematophylla Iris sibirica subsp. triflora

Lower taxons

Iris lactea var. lactea