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Iris pseudacorus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
38
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Iris pseudacorus L.
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Iris pseudacorus

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pseudacorus

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Iris pseudacorus L.

Clumps very leafy, many-flowered, to 1 m high, dark green, ± glaucous, purple at base. Rhizome c. 3 cm diam., reddish-brown. Leaves c. = stems, 2-3 cm wide, cross-veinlets apparent when leaf is held up to light, midrib distinct. Stems terete, with several long leaves. Inflorescence usually branched, central axis and each branch terminated by 2-5-flowered clusters. Flowers to 12 cm diam., yellowish, varying from golden-orange to very pale cream, without scent; pedicels long, stout, > ovary; tube funnel-shaped, ± ½ length of ovary; outer segments 7 cm long, oval-oblong, limb c. 4 cm wide, very drooping, abruptly narrowed to dark brown-veined claw; inner segments c. 3 cm long, shorter and narrower but more erect than style-branches. Style-branches oblong, bifid crest fimbriate. Capsule c. 5 × 2 cm, oblong-elliptic, beaked; seeds brown, ± trigonous.

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Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.
Iris pseudacorus L.

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Iris pseudacorus L.
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814ebe34-6451-4e97-8203-3b6f559fab39
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
31 December 2023
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