Midday iris
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Midday iris ( Moraea sisyrinchium ) |
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The lunch iris ( Moraea sisyrinchium ) is a plant from the genus Moraea in the family of the Iridaceae (Iridaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
The midday iris is a perennial herbaceous plant . As a survival organ, it forms an underground tuber, which is spherical with a diameter of 1.5 to 3 centimeters and is surrounded by a fibrous shell. The bare stems reach heights of growth of 5 to 40 centimeters.
The leaves, which are arranged individually or in pairs, are divided into leaf sheath and leaf blade. With a length of 10 to 50 centimeters and a width of 2 to 7 millimeters, the simple leaf blade is straight or curved, runny and curls up as it dries.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from March to May. The inflorescence usually contains several flowers. The hermaphrodite flower is threefold. The bracts are blue to purple and wither again after a few hours. A corolla tube is missing. The three bent-back outer bracts have a white or yellow spot, are glabrous, 2 to 3.5 inches long and 4 to 10 millimeters wide. The three upright inner bracts are slightly shorter. There are two to three beaked ovary present. The three branches of the style are obliquely upright, with two columns deep and 8 to 20 millimeters long.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24, less often 12 or 48.
Occurrence
The midday iris is found in the Mediterranean and Western Asia . It grows in maquis and garrigue .
Taxonomy
It was first published in 1753 under the name ( Basionym ) Iris sisyrinchium by Carl Linné . The new combination to Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl. was published in 1804 by John Bellenden Ker-Gawler . A synonym for Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl. is for example Gynandriris sisyrinchium (L.) Parl.
supporting documents
- Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl Peter Buttler, Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Plants of the Mediterranean (= Steinbach's natural guide . Volume 17 ). Mosaik, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-570-01347-2 , p. 254 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Goldblatt: Reduction of Barnardiella, Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis, Homeria, and Roggeveldia in Moraea (Iridaceae: Irideae). In: Novon. Volume 8, No. 4, 1998, pp. 371-377, online .
- ↑ Gynandriris sisyrinchium at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Gynandriris sisyrinchium at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed October 3, 2016.
