Iris grossheimii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
- Species
- Iris grossheimii
- Scientific Name
- Iris grossheimii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Iris grossheimii
Iris grossheimii is a plant species in the genus Iris, subgenus Iris and section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. It has sickle shaped leaves, which are as long as the short stem, which carries one flower in spring. It is beige, pink or brown covered in dark lines that are, purple-brown or brown. It has a large blackish brown signal patch and brown or black beard. It is rarely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, as it needs very dry conditions during the summer.
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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