Iris cristata
Iris cristata
Location: Hakobe Botanical Garden- Location: Hakobe Botanical Garden
- Location: Hakobe Botanical Garden
- Flower nameIris cristata
- Scientific nameIris cristata
- Aliasアイリス
- Place of originsoutheastern North America
- Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens
- Flowering seasonMay
What is Iris cristata
Iris cristata (scientific name: Iris cristata) is a small evergreen perennial herb native to southeastern North America and belonging to the family Iridaceae . It has well-developed rhizomes and green, thick, short, sword-shaped rhizomatous leaves that crawl horizontally. In spring, long, slender flower stalks emerge from among the leaves, and six-petaled flowers bloom at the top of the stalks. The plant is low and grows in carpet-like clusters.
Common name: Iris cristata, Scientific name: Iris cristata, Plant height: 7-12 cm, Leafiness: leathery, Leaf shape: slender and sword-shaped, Flower color: pale blue-purple, Flower diameter: 5-7 cm, Flowering time: May. Fruit type: capsule; uses: garden, potted, cut flowers.
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
- GenusIris
- SpeciesI. cristata
- Type of flowerRadial symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerMonopetal inflorescence
- Petal shapeIris-shaped
- Leaf typesword-shaped
- Edge of the leafEntire
- Life typesmall evergreen perennial herb
- Flower colorsPurple
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit colorGreen
- Height7.0 ~ 12.0 cm
- Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 7.0 cm
