Iris sibirica

Iris sibirica

Taxobox
name = "Iris sibirica"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Iris sibirica" Cultivar
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Iridoideae
tribus = Irideae
genus = "Iris"
subgenus = "Limniris"
species = "I. sibirica"
binomial = "Iris sibirica"
binomial_authority = L.

"Iris sibirica", the Siberian Iris, is a flowering plant in the genus "Iris", native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50-120 cm tall. The leaves are glaucous green, narrow and fairly rigid, blade-shaped, 40-80 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. The flowers are typical of an iris, borne in late spring or early summer on unbranched or sparsely-branched stems held above the leaves, each flower 4-7 cm diameter, mid- to purple-blue, often with a paler whitish or yellowish centre.

Cultivation and uses

"Iris sibirica" is widely grown in gardens in temperate regions around the world. It is the parent plant of many hybrids, used because of its attractive foliage and ability to flourish in a wide range of climates; the hybrids vary widely in flower colour.

"Iris sibirica" Cultivars

References

* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Iris&SPECIES_XREF=sibirica&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Iris sibirica"]
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Iris+sibirica Plants for a Future: "Iris sibirica"]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20398 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Iris sibirica"]

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