Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iris brevicaulis
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris brevicaulis
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iris brevicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Iris brevicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Can a rainbow consist of a single colour?... the ‘Iris sensu latissimo’ clade (Iridaceae) (Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, Mavrodiev, 2015)
Iris brevicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Iris brevicaulis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris foliosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris mississippiensis
COMMON NAME:
Short-stemmed Iris, Lamance Iris, Zigzag Iris
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_irfo2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iris brevicaulis
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris brevicaulis
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iris brevicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Iris brevicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Can a rainbow consist of a single colour?... the ‘Iris sensu latissimo’ clade (Iridaceae) (Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, Mavrodiev, 2015)
Iris brevicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Iris brevicaulis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris foliosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris mississippiensis
2895
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, bottomlands, bogs, seeps, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Violet
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p186
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p385
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p385
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p441
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