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}} ''Iris kemaonensis'' (or ''Kumaon iris'') is a species in the genus ''Iris'', it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the ''Pseudoregelia section''. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Tibetan China, Bhutan, India, Kashmir and Nepal. It has It has light green or yellowish green leaves, that extend after flowering time. It has a short stem, 1-2 fragrant flowers that are purple, lilac, lilac-purple or pale purple. They also have darker coloured blotches or spots. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It is often known as ''Iris kumaonensis'', due to a publishing error. ==Description== In China, there has been some confusion between ''Iris dolichosiphon'' (another ''Pseudoregelia iris'') and ''Iris kemaonensis'', they have similar flower forms, but ''Iris kemaonensis'' flowers are paler then ''Iris dolichosiphon'' but are strongly mottled, as well as a smaller perianth tube.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://foc.eflora.cn/content.aspx?TaxonID=200028180 )〕 It has short, thick rhizomes, which are gnarled and knobbly.〔British Iris Society (1997) 〕〔James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey (Editors) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://irisbotanique.over-blog.com/ )〕 Under the rhizomes are thin, fleshy secondary roots,〔〔〔 that can grow up to 10 cm long.〔 They are not stoloniferous. On top of the rhizome are the fibrous remains of last seasons leaves.〔 The leaves are variable in size, they can grow up to between long, and between 0.2 and 1 cm wide, at blooming time. Before the plant produces fruit or seed capsules, they extend up to between long,〔〔 taller than the flowers.〔 They are light green,〔 greyish green or yellowish green.〔〔 They are glaucous, and linear, with a rounded apex.〔 In mild areas, it is semi-evergreen,〔 but generally they are deciduous.〔 It has a slender short stem, that can grow up to between tall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kumaon%20Iris.html )〕 The stem has 2 to 3 green, lanceolate, (scarious) membranous, spathes (leaves of the flower bud). They can be between long and between 1 and 1.8 cm wide.〔〔 They are scarious (membranous) and acuminate (pointed) at the tips.〔 They can sheath or cover the base of the stem.〔〔 The stems hold 1 or 2 terminal (top of stem) flowers,〔〔which bloom in late spring,〔 between May and June, (in UK and Europe)〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Iris+kemaonensis )〕 and between April and July, (in India).〔 The scented flowers,〔〔 are in diameter,〔〔〔 they come in shades of purple, from lilac,〔〔Sabina George 〕 to lilac-purple,〔〔 to pale purple.〔〔 The flowers are spotted,〔 or blotched with a dark colour.〔〔〔 They are mottled like the skin of a reptile.〔 The flowers are very similar in form to ''Iris hookeriana'', but similar in shade to ''Iris kashmiriana''.〔 It has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals), known as the 'standards'. The falls are spatulate (spoon shaped),〔 or obovate,〔 between long and 1.5 cm wide.〔〔〔 They have ovate blades.〔〔 In the centre of the petal is a dense beard of white hairs, with yellow,〔〔〔 or orange tips.〔〔 The upright standards are oblanceolate,〔 elliptic,〔 or obovate shaped,〔 are between long and 1 cm wide.〔〔 The standards are paler than the falls.〔 It has pedicels that are between 1 to 1.5 cm long,〔〔 trumpet shaped perianth tube that long,〔〔〔 which is longer than spathe.〔 It has 2.5-3.2 cm long and 5-6mm wide, style branches,〔〔 it is dark in the centre and paler at the edges.〔 It has small triangular crests.〔 It has 2-2.3 cm long stamens, 6 cm long ovary,〔 blue filaments, lavender anthers and white pollen.〔 After the iris has flowered, it produces an globose seed capsule,〔 that is long, and 1.5 – 1.8 cm wide. They have short beak, taper to a pointed apex and dehisce (split open) laterally. Inside the capsule, are pyriform seeds, which are reddish brown, which have a milky yellow or cream aril (appendage).〔〔 The seed capsule grows on stems, that are about 45 cm long, above the height of the leaves. This habit is similar to Algerian Iris (''Iris unguicularis'').〔 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 kemaonensis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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