Iris prismatica
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Details Top
Internal ID | UUID644027ba3a828378325039 |
Scientific name | Iris prismatica |
Authority | Pursh |
First published in | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 30 (1814) |
Description Top
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Iris prismatica, also known as the slender blue flag or cubeseed iris, is a plant species found in the southern and eastern United States and parts of Canada. This perennial herb spreads through rhizomes and can grow up to 80 cm tall. Its long and narrow leaves can reach up to 60 cm in length and it produces 2-3 blooms in May. The flowers are pale blue to blue-violet in color. This plant thrives in wet and swampy conditions and is considered threatened or endangered in several US states. It is also cold hardy, able to survive in USDA Zone 3.
Synonyms Top
Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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Iris boltoniana | Schult. | Mant. 1: 308 (1822) |
Iris gracilis | Bigel. | Fl. Boston. : 12 (1814) |
Iris prismatica var. austrina | Fernald | Rhodora 49: 133 (1947) |
Iris trigonocarpa | A.Braun & C.D.Bouché | Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 17 (1853) |
Iris sibirica var. trigonocarpa | Baker | Handb. Irid. 9 1892 |
Limniris prismatica | (Pursh) Rodion. | Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 552 (2007) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Language | Common/alternative name |
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English | slender blue iris |
Persian | زنبق دانهحبهای |
Chinese | 角柱鸢尾 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring. |
sow fresh or soak old seed; prechill 4 weeks or place outdoors over winter and bring indoors once germinated to avoid temperature shock; transplant at 4 leaves |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Northern America click to expand
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Rhode Island
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Southeastern U.S.A.
- Alabama
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
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Northeastern U.S.A.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!Database | ID/link to page |
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World Flora Online | wfo-0000783747 |
Flora of Alabama | 4313 |
Canadensys | 6183 |
USDA Plants | IRPR |
Tropicos | 16602139 |
KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438989-1 |
The Plant List | kew-322255 |
Open Tree Of Life | 266626 |
NCBI Taxonomy | 34214 |
Nature Serve | 2.150352 |
IUCN Red List | 64315076 |
IPNI | 438989-1 |
iNaturalist | 164132 |
GBIF | 5298650 |
Freebase | /m/0_yk3w8 |
EOL | 491651 |
USDA GRIN | 20384 |
Wikipedia | Iris_prismatica |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Phytochemical Profile Top
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Collections Top
In private collections | 0 |
In public collections | 0 |