Iris cedreti: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
- Species
- Iris cedreti
- Scientific Name
- Iris cedreti
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Iris cedreti
Iris cedreti is a species of flowering plant in the genus Iris; it is also in the subgenus of Iris. It is a rhizomatous perennial endemic to Lebanon. It has long narrow leaves, short stem, and flowers with a white background which is covered with very small dots or veins of dark maroon, purple, purplish-maroon, or almost black. It has a dark maroon signal patch with a brownish or purplish beard. It is rarely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, as it needs very dry conditions during the summer. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
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Sibling Taxa
- Iris acutiloba
- Iris antilibanotica
- Iris assadiana
- Iris atrofusca
- Iris atropurpurea
- Iris auranitica
- Iris barnumiae
- Iris basaltica
- Iris bismarckiana
- Iris bostrensis
- Iris camillae
- Iris cedreti
- Iris damascena
- Iris gatesii
- Iris grossheimii
- Iris haynei
- Iris hermona
- Iris iberica
- Iris lortetii
- Iris lycotis
- Iris mariae
- Iris meda
- Iris nectarifera
- Iris nigricans
- Iris paradoxa
- Iris petrana
- Iris polakii
- Iris sari
- Iris schelkownikowii
- Iris sprengeri
- Iris susiana
- Iris swensoniana
- Iris westii
- Iris yebrudii