Bristle Iris
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The iris setosa ( Iris setosa ) is a plant type from the kind of irises ( Iris ) within the family of the Iridaceae (Iridaceae). The species is very rich in shape.
features
The bristle iris is a perennial herbaceous plant that forms a short rhizome as a perennial organ. It reaches heights of growth of (15) 50 to 90 centimeters. The stem is branched. The basal leaves are light green with a reddish background and measure 20 to 50 × 1 to 2.5 centimeters. The 2 to 3 flowers are 6 to 9 centimeters in diameter. The standards are very small, 5 to 7 millimeters long, narrowly lanceolate and have a 1 centimeter long, bristle-shaped extension. The hanging leaves are purple. The plate is almost round, 3 to 4.5 centimeters in diameter and suddenly narrows into the narrow, pale yellow, purple-veined nail . The scar flaps are dentate.
The flowering time is in June.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 38.
Occurrence
The bristle iris occurs in temperate to cool West America and East Asia from northern British Columbia to Alaska, in eastern Siberia, in northern Mongolia, in the Far East, in central and northern Japan and in Korea on swamp meadows , on coastal dunes, in pine and light oak forests and on stony-grassy slopes.
Systematics
One can distinguish between three varieties:
- Iris setosa var. Hondoensis Honda : It occurs in central Japan.
- Iris setosa var. Nasuensis H.Hara : It occurs in central Japan.
- Iris setosa var. Setosa : It occurs from Siberia to Japan and from Alaska to western Canada.
use
The bristle iris is rarely used as an ornamental plant. It has been in culture since 1844 at the latest.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora von Deutschland Volume 5 Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Tropicos. [1]
- ↑ a b c d Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Iris setosa. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 25, 2018.
