Biology:Iris flavescens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Iris flavescens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Iris
Section: Iris sect. Iris
Species:
I. flavescens
Binomial name
Iris flavescens
Delile

Iris flavescens, also known as the lemonyellow iris,[1] is a species of Iris that has distichous leaves and pale yellow flowers.[2] It is similar in appearance to Iris sambucina, although with flowers that are more faded in colour.[3] It can be found in Pennsylvania, United States.[4]

References

  1. "Iris flavescens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=IRFL2. 
  2. Robert Sweet (1831). The British Flower Garden: Coloured Figures & Descriptions of the Most Ornamental & Curious Hardy Herbaceous Plants. J. Ridgway. p. 56. 
  3. John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1816). "A Systematic View of the Plants Contained in the "Liliacée par J.P. Redouté"". Quarterly Journal of Science (John Murray): 173. 
  4. Ann Fowler Rhoads; William M. Klein (1993). The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas. 207. American Philosophical Society. p. 566. ISBN 0871692074. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16983633 entry