Iris mandshurica Maxim.

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizomes not widely creeping, thick. Roots fleshy. Leaves slightly curved, 10--15 × 0.5--1 cm at anthesis, ca. 30 × 1.5 cm in fruit, veins 2--4, base surrounded by fibers, apex shortly acuminate. Flowering stems 15--20 cm, base with erect, slender, sheathlike leaves; spathes 3, green, broadly lanceolate, 3.5--5 × 1--1.8 cm, 1-or 2-flowered, apex acuminate. Flowers yellow, 4--5 cm in diam.; pedicel 6--7 cm. Perianth tube 2--2.5 cm; outer segments with brown, linear patterns, obovate, 4--4.5 × 1.5--2 cm, beard yellow, dense; inner segments erect, narrowly elliptic, ca. 3.5 cm. Stamens ca. 2 cm; anthers yellow. Ovary 1--1.2 cm. Style branches ca. 3 cm × 4--5 mm. Capsule fusiform, ca. 6 × 1.5 cm, 6-veined, apex long beaked. Fl. May, fr. Jun--Aug. 2 n = 14*, 34.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

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

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Iris mandshurica world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438842-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783597
COL ID 3PZVF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Iris mandshurica