Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Species: | I. spuria |
| Subspecies: | I. s. subsp. musulmanica |
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Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica |
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Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica is a species of the genus Iris, part of a subgenus known as Limniris and in the series Spuriae. It is a subspecies of Iris spuria and is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey in Asia with flowers in various shades of blue, but there are rare white forms. They have a yellow centre and darker veining. It has the common name of Muslim iris. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
It has a thin or stout, creeping rhizome.
It has linear, lanceolate, sword-like, leaves. That are blue-green, grey-green or dark green. The leaves are normally wider than Iris notha, at 8–17 cm (3–7 in) wide, and they can grow up to 50 cm (20 in) long. They are shorter than the flowering stem.
It has an erect, strong, straight stem that can grow up to between 40–100 cm (16–39 in) tall. It has thick, linear, lanceolate, spathes (leaves of the flower bud). That are 13mm wide and have a white membranous edge.
The stems hold several, terminal (top of stem) flowers, in late spring, or summer, between May and July. It has flowers that are up to 6–10 cm (2–4 in) in diameter, they come in various shades of blue including deep blue, deep violet, lavender, purple, and very rarely, white. They are very similar in colour to Iris spuria subsp. demetrii, and similar in form to Iris sibirica, but slightly larger with wider petals. It has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals, known as the 'standards'. The falls have an elliptical blade, and then a narrow claw (section closest to the stem), which is equal or slight longer than the blade. The blade has a yellow or white central stripe or signal area, around it are darker veins heading to the edges. They are 5.5–8 cm (2–3 in) long. The upright, lanceolate, standards are a single colour, they gradually narrow to the claw (near the stem). It has a perianth tube that is shorter than the ovary. It has also style branches that are as long as the claw of the falls.
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