A group from Freenatureimages.eu.
The blue flower from Wikiwand.com.
A pale flower from Orchid-nord.com.
Another colour by Ori Fragman-Sapir,
Flora.org.il.
Another group from
Freenatureimages.eu. |
| Author: |
John Bellenden Ker Gawler, 1805 | |
Family: |
IRIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares,
Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq,
Italy, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine,
Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia,
Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yemen |
| Soil: |
Sandy - Grit |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
30 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Reddish Purple - Violet - Blue / White - Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Corm |
| Names: |
Barabary Nut Iris, Blue Iris, European Moraea,
Spanish Nut, Spanish Nut Iris |
| Synonyms: |
Iris sisyrinchium, Carl von Linnaeus, 1753.
Might be: Helixyra sisyrinchium, Nicholas Edward Brown,
1929.
- and many more below... |
This member of the
Iridaceae family
was given this name by John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1805. It is found in
southern Europe, north Africa and western Asia, growing in a well drained
sandy soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The corm can grow to
three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 30 centimetres in height. The flowers are from pale blue over blue, violet,
reddish-blue to dark blue with white and yellow markings.
The genera name is named after
Johannes Moraeus, father-in-law of Linnaeus.
The species name from Greek σίσύρα sisyra, 'a cloak of shaggy
goat's skin' for the thick covering of coarse fibres which surrounds the
corm. |
Synonyms:
Iris collina, Richard
Anthony Salisbury, 1804.
Diaphane edulis, Richard Anthony Salisbury,
1812.
Gynandriris sisyrinchium, Filippo Parlatore, 1854.
Xiphion
sisyrinchium, Baker, John Gilbert, 1871.
Evansia syrtica, Klatt
Gynandriris littorea, Jord.
Gynandriris maricoides, Nevski.
Gynandriris numidica, Jord.
Iris aegyptia, Delile.
Iris fugax, Ten.
Iris involuta, Garzia.
Iris libyca, Mattei.
Iris maculata, Tod.
Iris maricoides, Regel.
Iris samaritanii, Heldr.
Iris sisyrinchium var. maculata, Fiori
Iris syrtica Viv.
Iris todaroana, Cif. & Giacom. ex S.Pignatti.
Iris zelantea, Parl.
Moraea sicula, Tod.
Moraea tenoreana, Sweet.
Sisyrinchium majus, R.M.Redhead. |
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