Common name: Red Flower Iris
Botanical name: Iris milesii Family: Iridaceae (Iris family)
Roots fleshy. Rhizomes thick, fleshy, greenish, annular scars left by
earlier year's growth prominent. Rhizome bears a terminal leafy flowering
stem and two lateral non-flowering leafy stems. The lateral stems become
active shoots for next year's growth thus the old and the new rhizomes
result in a series of dichotomies. Basal leaves 30-60 cm long, 3-7 cm wide,
ribs prominent, pale-green. Branched flowering stems 30-90 cm tall, bearing
shorter leaves than the sterile shoots. Bracts (in fruits) c. 2.5 cm.
Flower c. 6-10 cm in diameter, pinkish-violet with darker spots. Falls with
fringed yellow crest. Capsule stipitate, stipe 2.8-3.0 cm long,
ovoid-cylindrical, c. 3.1-3.3 cm long. Flowering.: May-July.
Identification credit: Shaista Ahmad
| Photographed in Kufri, Himachal Pradesh. |
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