Iris graminea
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Limniris |
| Series: | Spuriae |
| Species: | I. graminea |
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Iris graminea L. |
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Iris graminea, is a species in the genus Iris belonging to the subgenus Limniris, in particular the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial, with purple or violet blue flowers almost hidden by narrow, grass-like leaves, and a plum scented fragrance. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It has several common names, including Grass-Leaved Flag, Grass leaved Iris, Plum Iris and Plum tart Iris (because of the scent). This species naturally occurs in the southern half of Europe, from Spain and France in the West to Russia and the Caucasus in the East.
Iris graminea has slender, short, hard rhizomes. The plant has narrow grass-like foliage. and can grow up to between 30–100 cm (12–39 in) long and 0.5-1.5 cm wide. They can have many branches creating dense tufts, clumps or tussocks of plants.
The leaves can be shiny, and bright green above, and pale grey-green (or blue green) below. Some plants can have dark green leaves.
They have strongly, visible longitudinal veins.
The leaves are longer than the flowering stems.
After the plant has flowered, the foliage has the tendency to extend. Later, the deciduous foliage, dies back during the winter.
Iris graminea has a flattened stem, with distinct edges.
That grows up to between 10–60 cm (4–24 in) long.
The stems have 1-2 spathes (leaves of the flower bud), which are unequal in size. The lower is larger and rather leaf-like.
The stems hold 1-2 terminal (top of stem) flowers, blooming between spring, and summer, between May and June.
The stems are normally, unbranched, but (if they have a second flower), the pedicel, is up to 6 cm long.
The large flowers are 6–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter, they are larger than Iris sintenisii flowers. They have a strong scent (or fragrance), which can be variously described as similar to freesias, or fruity, or smell of ripe plums, or apricots, or greengages or between grapes and plum tarts.
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