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Fam.: Iridaceae / Iris Fam.  

Genus:  Iris  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Iris:   rainbow
   germanica:   from Germany
 

Ihis Iris with dark blue inner petals and brighter blue outer petals is called Iris (x) germanica (as species or hybrid). The Iris of this group were already generated in the middle ages in monasteries as artificial hybrids between Iris pallida and Iris variegata. e

 

Iris germanica / German Iris, D Mannheim 6.5.2016
Fig. 1:  Iris germanica / German Iris
D Mannheim 6.5.2016
Iris germanica / German Iris, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar.  Hermannshof 1.5.2016
Fig. 2:  Iris germanica / German Iris
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar. Hermannshof 1.5.2016
Iris germanica / German Iris, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar.  Hermannshof 1.5.2016
Fig. 3:  Iris germanica / German Iris
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar. Hermannshof 1.5.2016
Iris germanica / German Iris, D Stuttgart 24.4.2018
Fig. 4:  Iris germanica / German Iris
D Stuttgart 24.4.2018
Iris germanica / German Iris, D Erlenbach am Main 28.5.2022
Fig. 5:  Iris germanica / German Iris
D Erlenbach am Main 28.5.2022
Iris germanica / German Iris, A Seewinkel, Illmitz 9.5.2022
Fig. 6:  Iris germanica / German Iris
A Seewinkel, Illmitz 9.5.2022
Iris germanica / German Iris, A Seewinkel, Illmitz 9.5.2022
Fig. 7:  Iris germanica / German Iris
A Seewinkel, Illmitz 9.5.2022
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Massif de l'Estaque 30.4.2005
Fig. 8:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Massif de l'Estaque 30.4.2005
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Lagnes 3.5.2023
Fig. 9:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Lagnes 3.5.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Lagnes 3.5.2023
Fig. 10:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Lagnes 3.5.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Sisteron 3.5.2023
Fig. 11:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Sisteron 3.5.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Sisteron 3.5.2023
Fig. 12:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Sisteron 3.5.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Sisteron 3.5.2023
Fig. 13:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Sisteron 3.5.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Gap 29.4.2023
Fig. 14:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Gap 29.4.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Gap 29.4.2023
Fig. 15:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Gap 29.4.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, F Gap 29.4.2023
Fig. 16:  Iris germanica / German Iris
F Gap 29.4.2023
Iris germanica / German Iris, I Liguria, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena 19.5.2013
Fig. 17:  Iris germanica / German Iris
I Liguria, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena 19.5.2013

 


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