Iridaceae
Iris pumila L.
Iris pumila L.
Iris pumila, or pygmy/dwarf iris, is a small iris species, a natural hybrid that contributed to modern garden dwarf bearded irises.
Iris ruthenica Ker Gawl.
Iris ruthenica Ker Gawl.
Iris ruthenica is a variable Eurasian iris species that is cultivated in rock gardens and botanical collections.
Iris sanguinea Hornem.
Iris sanguinea Hornem.
Iris sanguinea is an eastern Asian iris species that is toxic to humans and cultivated as an easy-to-grow garden plant.
Iris savannarum Small
Iris savannarum Small
Iris savannarum is a poisonous rhizomatous iris native to the southeastern US that differs from Iris hexagona in multiple traits.
Iris setosa Pall. ex Link
Iris setosa Pall. ex Link
Iris setosa is a circumpolar iris species native to Asia and North America, with a long history of herbal and cultural uses.
Iris sibirica L.
Iris sibirica L.
Iris sibirica L. is a branched-stemmed blue iris native to Eurasia, naturalized in North America, with cultivation details and recorded traditional uses.
Iris spuria L.
Iris spuria L.
Iris spuria L. is a wide-ranging iris species with scented blue-purple flowers, toxic parts, and uses as a garden cut flower.
Iris tenax Douglas ex Lindl.
Iris tenax Douglas ex Lindl.
Iris tenax is a clumping iris with showy spring flowers, native to the Pacific Northwest US, with tough fibrous leaves.
Iris tenuissima Dykes
Iris tenuissima Dykes
Iris tenuissima Dykes is a rhizomatous perennial herb with two streaked flowers on an erect inflorescence.
Iris tuberosa L.
Iris tuberosa L.
Iris tuberosa is a tuberous ornamental iris native to the Mediterranean and western Europe, grown in gardens.
Iris unguicularis Poir.
Iris unguicularis Poir.
Iris unguicularis, the Algerian iris, is a rhizomatous winter-flowering iris widely cultivated for temperate gardens.
Iris verna L.
Iris verna L.
Iris verna L. is a small fragrant spring-blooming beardless rhizomatous iris that differs from similar Iris cristata in several key traits.
Iris versicolor L.
Iris versicolor L.
Iris versicolor L. is a blue-flowered poisonous herbaceous perennial with traditional medicinal and magical uses.
Iris virginica L.
Iris virginica L.
Iris virginica is a North American native perennial iris, with traditional medicinal uses and inclusion in Ronald Fisher's Iris dataset.
Iris xiphium L.
Iris xiphium L.
Iris xiphium, the Spanish iris, is a bulbous flowering iris native to southwest Europe and North Africa, popular in horticulture and with florists.
Lapeirousia anceps (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Lapeirousia anceps (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Lapeirousia anceps is a South African iris relative pollinated by long-proboscid flies, with spring-blooming pink or white flowers.
Lapeirousia fabricii (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.
Lapeirousia fabricii (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.
Lapeirousia fabricii is an endemic perennial geophyte from South Africa's Northern and Western Cape provinces.
Lapeirousia jacquinii N.E.Br.
Lapeirousia jacquinii N.E.Br.
Lapeirousia jacquinii is a South African endemic flowering plant found across the Western and Northern Cape in sandy mountain and river valley soils.
Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt
Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt
Lapeirousia pyramidalis, the pyramid kabong, is an endemic South African geophyte with two geographically separated subspecies.
Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel
Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel
Libertia chilensis is a rhizomatous evergreen perennial flowering plant in the iris family, native to parts of Chile and Argentina.
Libertia ixioides (G.Forst.) Spreng.
Libertia ixioides (G.Forst.) Spreng.
Libertia ixioides is a not threatened perennial Iridaceae herb endemic to New Zealand's main main islands.
Libertia micrantha A.Cunn.
Libertia micrantha A.Cunn.
Libertia micrantha is a not threatened, endemic New Zealand perennial herb in the Iridaceae family.
Melasphaerula graminea (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Melasphaerula graminea (L.f.) Ker Gawl.
Melasphaerula is a monotypic Iridaceae genus whose sole recognized species is native to Namibia and South Africa's Cape Province.
Micranthus alopecuroides (L.) Eckl.
Micranthus alopecuroides (L.) Eckl.
Micranthus alopecuroides is an endemic perennial geophyte from the Western Cape, in the genus Micranthus.
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