Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Species

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Species Iris
  • Iris
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Iris dabashanensis
  • Synonym: Iris henryi

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-04-03
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: May 11, 2014
Evergreen woodland iris from China, here growing on a steep slope
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 27, 2012
close-up detail on flowers
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 27, 2012
close-up detail on flowers
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: May 1, 2010
profile view of narrow evergreen leaves, buds and flowers
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: May 1, 2010
view of narrow evergreen leaves, buds and flowers
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: May 9, 2013
Evergreen woodland iris from China, growing on a steep slope
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: May 11, 2016
younger plants (divisions) in bloom
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: November 15, 2015
very narrow foliage, evergreen in New England
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: March 2, 2010
very narrow evergreen foliage does an impression of a carex in wi
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: November 14, 2015
peeled back soil and mulch to show the horizontal rhizomes
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: June 2, 2017
rarely produced seed, I selfed a flower and a full capsule result
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: April 27, 2012
profile view of narrow evergreen leaves, buds and flowers

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