Data specific to Irises (Edit)
| Classification: |
Species
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| Bloom Color Classification: |
Violet
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General Plant Information (Edit)
| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Water Preferences: |
Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Time: |
Late spring or early summer
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Self fertile
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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- Species Iris
- Western Blue Flag
- Iris
- Ntxyeel Pit’aa’ Lanikiih
- Rocky Mountain Iris
- Accepted: Iris missouriensis
- Synonym: Iris missouriensis var. arizonica
- Synonym: Iris missouriensis var. pelogonus
Posted by
scvirginia on Jun 25, 2020 9:08 PM concerning plant:
Description from the 1933 catalog, Royal Iris Gardens (J. C. Nicholls, Jr., Camillus, NY), p.75:
Other American Species
MISSOURIENSIS (Collected in Colorado). 16". A very beautiful species that is native in the Rocky Mountains, with lavender or pale blue flowers that are comparatively large and quite showy. Pretty slender foliage.
MISSOURIENSIS—Blue Bird (Collected in Colorado). 16". Like the type, but flowers of deep violet blue. Very pretty, and recommended.
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