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Patersonia
Sign in to savePatersonia, is a genus of plants whose species are commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from Malesia to Australia.
Species
Silky Purple Flag
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 99
- With media
- 62
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Collections
- US, A, MEL, RSA, BPBM, WIS
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nivenioideae
- Image
- 1041 Patersonia sericea.jpg
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- taxon name
- Patersonia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Patersonia
- Commons category
- Patersonia
- endemic to
- Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species list
- References
Patersonia, is a genus of plants whose species are commonly known as native iris or native flag and are native to areas from Malesia to Australia.
==Description== They are perennials with basal leaves growing from a woody rhizome that in some species extends above ground to form a short trunk. The leaves are tough and fibrous, often with adaptations for conserving moisture, such as stomata sunk in grooves, a thickened cross-section, marginal hairs, and thickened margins. The flowers appear from between a pair of bracts on a leafless stem. They have three large outer tepals that are usually blue to violet, and three tiny inner tepals. There are three stamens fused at the base to form a tube around the longer style, which bears a flattened stigma.
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