Iris chrysophylla Howell is a plant in the Iridaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Iris chrysophylla Howell

Iris chrysophylla Howell

Iris chrysophylla Howell is a herbaceous perennial iris with pale yellow to cream flowers that grows from slender dark rhizomes.

Family
Genus
Iris
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Iris chrysophylla Howell

Iris chrysophylla Howell is a herbaceous perennial plant. It grows from compact, slender, dark brown rhizomes. Its leaves are light green, linear, finely ribbed, and measure 25 to 50 cm long; the base of the leaves may be reddish. The flowering stems are unbranched, solid, and slender, reaching 3 to 20 cm in length. The flowers are cream to pale yellow, marked with veins that range in color from dark golden to reddish-brown or lavender. This plant flowers between April and June.

Photo: (c) Amy Dessert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amy Dessert · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Iridaceae Iris

More from Iridaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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