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Yellowleaf Iris (Iris chrysophylla)

Description

This herbaceous-perennial-grows from compact, dark brown and slender-rhizomes. The leaves are linear, finely ribbed, and light green, 25-50-cm long, and may be reddish colored at the base. The flowering stems are simple, solid, and slender, 3-20-cm. The flowers are cream to pale yellow, with dark golden to reddish-brown or lavender veins. The plant flowers from April through June.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Iridaceae

              • Genus: Iris