Iris tigridia Bunge

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizomes very short. Roots thick, transversely wrinkled when dry. Leaves deep or grayish green, glossy, narrowly linear, 5--30 cm × 1.5--6 mm, midvein absent, base surrounded by dense, straight fibers, apex gradually narrowed, very acute. Flowering stems not or barely emerging above ground, or 10--20 cm, slender; spathes 2, yellowish green, membranous, 1-flowered. Flowers dark blue, violet, or light purple, 3.5--5 cm in diam.; pedicel ca. 5 mm. Perianth tube ca. 2 cm; outer segments darker mottled at margin, narrowly oblanceolate, 3--4 × 1--1.5 cm, beard of yellow hairs; inner segments flaring outward, oblanceolate, 2.5--2.8 × 0.4--0.7 cm, apex retuse. Stamens ca. 1.5 cm. Ovary ca. 1.2 cm. Style branches ca. 2.3 cm. Capsule narrowly ovoid, apex with persistent perianth tube. Seeds brown, pyriform, with yellowish white aril. Fl. May, fr. Jun--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.25
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 4-5
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°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Iris tigridia unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris tigridia world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Kazakhstan, and Montenegro

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439185-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783963
COL ID 3Q26R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris tigridia

Lower taxons

Iris tigridia var. tigridia Iris tigridia var. fortis