Iridaceae

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Iris pontica Zapal.

Iris pontica Zapal.

Iris pontica Zapal.

Iris pontica is the smallest Spuria iris, a small purple-flowered iris native to eastern Europe and western Asia.

Iris sintenisii Janka

Iris sintenisii Janka

Iris sintenisii Janka

Iris sintenisii is an ant-pollinated iris species native to parts of eastern Europe and Asia Minor.

Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea bituminosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea bituminosa is a small sticky yellow-flowered Iridaceae geophyte endemic to South Africa's Western Cape.

Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea viscaria (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea viscaria is a cormous geophyte with scented white flowers native to Western Cape, South Africa.

Moraea vegeta L.

Moraea vegeta L.

Moraea vegeta L.

Moraea vegeta L. is a bulbous iris relative with short-lived white yellow-marked flowers native to Africa.

Moraea serpentina Baker

Moraea serpentina Baker

Moraea serpentina Baker

Moraea serpentina is an endemic flowering plant of South Africa’s Northern and Western Cape, found from Namaqualand to Olifants River Valley.

Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn.

Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn.

Moraea aristata (D.Delaroche) Asch. & Graebn.

Moraea aristata is a threatened winter-flowering bulb from Cape Town that has striking blue-marked white flowers.

Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl.

Moraea villosa, a multi-colored iridaceous plant native to southern Africa, is commonly cultivated as an ornamental.

Calydorea xiphioides (Poepp.) Espinosa

Calydorea xiphioides (Poepp.) Espinosa

Calydorea xiphioides (Poepp.) Espinosa

Calydorea xiphioides is a species of small perennial bulbous herb in the Iridaceae family, that gave its common name tahay to exoplanet Gliese 367 b.

Nemastylis floridana Small

Nemastylis floridana Small

Nemastylis floridana Small

Nemastylis floridana is a Florida-endemic perennial Iridaceae plant that faces serious habitat threats but remains viable.

Nemastylis nuttallii Pickering ex R.C.Foster

Nemastylis nuttallii Pickering ex R.C.Foster

Nemastylis nuttallii Pickering ex R.C.Foster

Nemastylis nuttallii is a bulb-forming perennial herb native to the south-central United States with pale blue evening-opening flowers.

Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.

Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.

Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb.

Eleutherine bulbosa is a bulbous perennial Iridaceae herb, cultivated for medicine, native to Mexico and the Amazon.

Cobana guatemalensis (Standl.) Ravenna

Cobana guatemalensis (Standl.) Ravenna

Cobana guatemalensis (Standl.) Ravenna

Cobana is a monotypic Iridaceae genus with one species, Cobana guatemalensis, found in Guatemala and Honduras.

Salpingostylis caelestina (W.Bartram) Small

Salpingostylis caelestina (W.Bartram) Small

Salpingostylis caelestina (W.Bartram) Small

Salpingostylis is a monotypic flowering plant genus in the iris family, endemic to northern Florida.

Sisyrinchium striatum Sm.

Sisyrinchium striatum Sm.

Sisyrinchium striatum Sm.

Sisyrinchium striatum Sm. is a flowering plant native to Argentina and Chile that blooms from May to June in the northern hemisphere.

Sisyrinchium elmeri Greene

Sisyrinchium elmeri Greene

Sisyrinchium elmeri Greene

Sisyrinchium elmeri is a clumpy rhizomatous perennial herb with grasslike leaves and yellow to yellow-orange veined flowers.

Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P.Bicknell

Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P.Bicknell

Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P.Bicknell

Sisyrinchium atlanticum is an iridaceous flowering plant native to moist habitats across eastern North America.

Sisyrinchium demissum Greene

Sisyrinchium demissum Greene

Sisyrinchium demissum Greene

Sisyrinchium demissum (stiff blue-eyed grass) is a tufted herb native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, grown in native plant gardens.

Sisyrinchium platense I.M.Johnst.

Sisyrinchium platense I.M.Johnst.

Sisyrinchium platense I.M.Johnst.

Sisyrinchium platense I.M.Johnst. is a 20 cm tall herbaceous perennial that produces showy spring bluish-violet flowers.

Sisyrinchium bermudiana L.

Sisyrinchium bermudiana L.

Sisyrinchium bermudiana L.

Sisyrinchium bermudiana is a spring-blooming iris-family flower native to Bermuda and Ireland, and an important totemic symbol for Bermudians.

Libertia pulchella (R.Br.) Spreng.

Libertia pulchella (R.Br.) Spreng.

Libertia pulchella (R.Br.) Spreng.

Libertia pulchella, the pretty grass-flag, is an Iridaceae plant native to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and southeastern Australia.

Libertia grandiflora (R.Br.) Sweet

Libertia grandiflora (R.Br.) Sweet

Libertia grandiflora (R.Br.) Sweet

Libertia grandiflora is a Not Threatened endemic New Zealand perennial herb in the Iridaceae family.

Libertia peregrinans Cockayne & Allan

Libertia peregrinans Cockayne & Allan

Libertia peregrinans Cockayne & Allan

Libertia peregrinans is a endemic perennial herb to New Zealand, currently ranked Nationally Vulnerable.

Libertia paniculata (R.Br.) Spreng.

Libertia paniculata (R.Br.) Spreng.

Libertia paniculata (R.Br.) Spreng.

Libertia paniculata is an Iridaceae plant species endemic to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.

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