Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iris verna var. smalliana
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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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 verna var. smalliana
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Iris verna var. smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-007b:
Iris verna var. smalliana FAMILY Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Neubeckia verna
COMMON NAME:
Upland Dwarf Iris, Upland Dwarf Violet Iris
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3920
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Three erect spatulate-shaped petals with narrow claws, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6752
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6754
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
A petaloid style, cleft at its tip, arches over the base of each sepal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk764_a
April?
Sepals have a hairy yellow-orange band bordered with white but not crested, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmiverna_perfect
April?
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JK Marlow jkm150712_444
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaf margins smooth, vs those of Tofieldia glabra minutely upwardly-scabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm0509l_16
September Transylvania County NC
Silver Run Preserve
Grasslike leaves are mostly straight, to 4" long & 0.5" wide at flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Dwarf Iris and Dwarf Crested Iris
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iris verna var. smalliana
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris verna var. smalliana
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Iris verna var. smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-007b:
Iris verna var. smalliana
FAMILY
Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Neubeckia verna
764
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to somewhat moist, rocky or sandy woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Partially evergreen
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 (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p132?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p142
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p197?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p120?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p144?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p044?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p383
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p387
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p443
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p393
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p019?