North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Iris sibirica

Iris sibirica L.

siberian iris

Cultivar(s): Dandy's Hornpipe, In Full Sail, Roaring Jelly

Image ID: 27397
Image by: Bridges, Edwin
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: IRSI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Iris sibirica
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id	Cultivar_name	Action
578	Dandy's Hornpipe	View
579	In Full Sail	View
57	Roaring Jelly	View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: IRIS
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Iris
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Iris
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 225 species, herbs, of Eurasia, n. Africa, and North America. Wilson (2004) suggests that Belamcanda is phylogenetically nested within Iris and should be included there; Goldblatt & Mabberley (2005) make the appropriate nomenclatural combination. Alternatively, Iris may be broken up into multiple genera (Mavrodiev et al. 2014; Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, & Mavrodiev 2015).
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: the petals are usually erect, smaller than the petaloid sepals (which are brightly colored, generally reflexed, and marked with a signal). The styles are also petaloid, arched over the sepals, and 2-cleft at the tip (except in I. domestica).
GENUS REFERENCES: Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, & Mavrodiev (2015); Henderson in FNA (2002a); Goldblatt in FNA (2002a); Mavrodiev et al. (2014); Goldblatt & Mabberley (2005)=Z; Wilson (2004); Goldblatt, Manning, & Rudall in Kubitzki (1998a). Key based on Henderson in FNA (2002a).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: IRIDAC
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Iridaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Iris Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 65-82 genera and 1700-1810 species, herbs, of cosmopolitan distribution (most diverse in s. Africa).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Goldblatt in FNA (2002a); Goldblatt, Manning, & Rudall in Kubitzki (1998a).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

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White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable

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NATIVE RANGE: central Europe & Russia

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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
2296	1986-2127			View
2802	1987-0302			View
7940	2002-0090	2002-11-19		View
7941	2002-0091	2002-11-19		View
8044	2004-0052	2004-05-24		View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
3975	2296	94	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
4649	2802	124	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
11180	7940	124	NCBG staff	2001-01-01	View
11181	7941	124	NCBG staff	2001-01-01	View
11299	8044	124	NCBG staff	2001-01-01	View
12992	0	198	MacIntyre	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: IRSI
USDA Common Name: Siberian Iris
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (CA, CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, PA, VT, WA), CAN (BC, ON)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Iris sibirica
COMMON NAME: Siberian Iris
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, K; = Limniris sibirica (Linnaeus) Fuss - Y]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Cultivated and escaping or persisting near plantings; native of Eurasia (c. and e. Europe west to Lake Baikal).
COMMENTS:
RANGE MAP: Iris sibirica.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Iridaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Iris Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 65-82 genera and 1700-1810 species, herbs, of cosmopolitan distribution (most diverse in s. Africa).
REFERENCE: Goldblatt in FNA (2002a); Goldblatt, Manning, & Rudall in Kubitzki (1998a).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Iris L. (Iris)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 225 species, herbs, of Eurasia, n. Africa, and North America. Wilson (2004) suggests that Belamcanda is phylogenetically nested within Iris and should be included there; Goldblatt & Mabberley (2005) make the appropriate nomenclatural combination. Alternatively, Iris may be broken up into multiple genera (Mavrodiev et al. 2014; Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, & Mavrodiev 2015).
REFERENCE: Crespo, Martínez-Azorín, & Mavrodiev (2015); Henderson in FNA (2002a); Goldblatt in FNA (2002a); Mavrodiev et al. (2014); Goldblatt & Mabberley (2005)=Z; Wilson (2004); Goldblatt, Manning, & Rudall in Kubitzki (1998a). Key based on Henderson in FNA (2002a).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Iris sibirica in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Iris sibirica in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Iris sibirica in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Iris sibirica in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Iris sibirica in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Iris sibirica

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 27397 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 27397 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)