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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Iris cristata
FAMILY
Iridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Iris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris cristata
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-008:
Iris cristata
FAMILY
Iridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Crested Iris
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ircr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110313_830
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_iris_cristata_9
March
3 unmarked petals, 3 sepals with a small fluted yellow crest, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Harry Davis hld758_crw_0491
April Greenville County SC
Sepals have a small, fluted, yellow crest bordered with white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Jim Fanning jcf_iriscristata
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0404y_05
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm0504t_18
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves are lance-shaped, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
COMPARE
leaves of Dwarf Iris and Dwarf Crested Iris
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JK Marlow jkm090412_061
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves curved, making a gracefully arching fan, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm140420_478b
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
A petaloid style, cleft at its tip, arches over the base of each sepal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm170415_671
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_iris_cristata_4646
April Swain County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Steve Marlow snm041820_3970
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl758_a
May
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1568
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3248
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3249
September Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Iris cristata
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris cristata
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-008:
Iris cristata
FAMILY
Iridaceae
758
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in moist forests, rich woods, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring
Lavender/Violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p132
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p141
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p026
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p129
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p120
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p149
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p432
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p173
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p039
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p044
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p386
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p441
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p019