|
''Iris juncea'' (commonly called the rush iris) is a smooth-bulbed bulbous iris species. The name is derived from 'juncea' from the Greek word meaning 'rush-like'. It was first described by Jean Louis Marie Poiret in 1871. It was then illustrated in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1898.〔Richard Lynch 〕 Its flowers are light yellow and fragrant. Normally 2 per stem in summer.〔 It flowers between June and July.〔 It grows to a height of between 1 and 2 feet. The 3mm wide leaves appear in the autumn and then fade before flowering.〔James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey (Editors) 〕 The bulb is reddish-brown in colour.〔 It can be found in (Algeria and Tunisia) in North Africa, Southern Spain and Sicily.〔 Other varieties known include;〔 * ''iris juncea var. merimieri'' (Lynch) Sulphur yellow flowers * ''iris juncea var. numidica'' (Anon) lemon-yellow flowers (from Africa)〔 * ''iris juncea var. pallida'' (Lynch) large soft yellow flowers ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iris juncea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|