Iris potaninii

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderAsparagales
5. FamilyIridaceae

Native toAltay, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tuva

Rhizomes erect, short, tough. Roots thick. Leaves linear, 4--16 cm × 2--4 mm at anthesis, ca. 20 cm × 3--4 mm in fruit, base surrounded by dense, strongly curled fibers, apex rather abruptly contracted, subacute. Flowering stems not emerging above ground; spathes 2, narrowly lanceolate, 4--4.5 cm, membranous, 1-flowered. Flowers yellow, dark violet, or purplish blue, 3.5--5 cm in diam. Perianth tube 1.5--3.7 cm; outer segments strongly marked around yellow, dense beard, obovate, 3--4 × 1.2--1.5 cm, apex retuse; inner segments erect, oblanceolate, 2.5--3 cm × 8--10 mm, apex retuse. Stamens ca. 1.5 cm; anthers purple. Ovary ca. 7 mm. Style branches ca. 2.8 cm × 6 mm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, 2.5--3 × 1.3--1.6 cm, apex shortly beaked; valves remaining united apically. Seeds pyriform, ca. 3 mm in diam., arillate. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Sep. 2 n = 22.

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Specimen records

26

With media

22

Family

Iridaceae

Collections

US, GH, A, ASU, NHMUK, RSA

Recorded in

China, Russia, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Chine, Russie, FéDéRation De, Mongolie

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Iris

Image

Iris potaninii 1.jpg

Has use

medicinal plant

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