Iris serotina
species of plant
Iris serotina is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Xiphium. It is a bulbous perennial from southern Europe, found in Spain and Morocco.
Description
Iris serotina grows to a maximum height of 60 cm (24 in) tall and the narrow leaves are 2–6 mm wide and grow between 30–60 cm (12–24 in) tall. They appear in the autumn, but then fade before flowering.
It normally has 2 - 3 flowers per stem, and generally blooms in late July, or August.
Like other irises, it has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals), known as the 'standards'. It has blue-violet flowers, the petals are veined with a deeper violet colour, and the falls are marked with a yellow patch.
Its seeds are 2–4 mm, yellow and semi-circular.
Taxonomy
The specific epithet serotina, refers to the Latin word, 'serotina' meaning late in flowering.
In 1861, Heinrich Moritz Willkomm described Iris serotina after seeing plants from Province of Jaén (Spain).
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