Iris speculatrix Hance

Hong kong iris (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Iris

Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping, brown. Roots thick. Leaves dark green, glossy, linear, 15--40 cm × 4--12 mm, veins 3--5, base with fibers. Flowering stems 12--25 cm, 1-or 2-leaved; spathes 2 or 3, green, narrowly lanceolate, 5.5--8 cm, 1-or 2-flowered, apex acuminate. Flowers violet or light blue, 5.6--6 cm in diam.; pedicel 3--7 cm. Perianth tube ca. 5 mm; outer segments spreading, spatulate, with a central, white, 2-lobed patch, 3--4 × 0.9--1.3 cm, crest yellow, low; inner segments erect, narrowly oblanceolate, 3--3.7 × 0.9--1 cm. Stamens ca. 1.2 cm; anthers white. Ovary fusiform, 1.6--2 cm × ca. 0.5 mm. Style branches ca. 2.5 cm × 7 mm. Capsule held at right angle to pedicel, narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 3 cm, apex long beaked. Seeds dark brown, angled, with aril drying as a pale brown wing. Fl. May, fr. Jul--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Iris speculatrix unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris speculatrix world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783886
COL ID 3Q257
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris speculatrix Iris grijsii Evansia speculathrix Iris cavaleriei Limniris grijsii Zhaoanthus speculatrix Iris speculatrix var. alba Iris speculatrix var. speculatrix