NameThatPlant.net: Iris brevicaulis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Iris brevicaulis FAMILY Iridaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris brevicaulis FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Can a rainbow consist of a single colour?... the ‘Iris sensu latissimo’ clade (Iridaceae) (Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, Mavrodiev, 2015)

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-stem Iris, Lamance Iris, Zigzag Iris

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image of Iris brevicaulis, Short-stem Iris, Lamance Iris, Zigzag Iris

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_irfo2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Iris brevicaulis FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris brevicaulis FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Can a rainbow consist of a single colour?... the ‘Iris sensu latissimo’ clade (Iridaceae) (Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, Mavrodiev, 2015)
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

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer
Violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Capsule

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