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}} ''Iris loczyi'' is a beardless iris in the genus ''Iris'', in the subgenus ''Limniris'' and in the ''Tenuifoliae series'' of the species. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from a wide area of Asia, including Afghanistan, Iran,(the mountainous parts of Pakistan), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Tibet and China. It has long thin grey green leaves, long stems and 1 flower in pale violet, blue violet, lavender or light blue. ==Description== It was once thought to be a form of ''Iris tenuifolia''.〔 Especially in China.〔 It has a slender, fibrous, knobbly or gnarled, brown-black rhizome.〔〔〔〔 It forms hard thick, tussocks or clumps of plants.〔〔〔〔 On top of the rhizome are maroon-brown, fibrous (or straw-like), remnants (of last seasons leaves), as sheaths (of the new leaves).〔〔〔〔〔〔 It has long and thin, linear, green-grey leaves, measuring long and 2-5mm wide.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 The leaves are sometimes evergreen.〔 It has flower stems, that are long.〔〔〔〔〔〔 They are sometimes only just above the ground level.〔〔〔〔〔 It has 3 green, lanceolate, between long and 1.5 cm wide, spathes (leaves of the flower bud).〔〔 The stems hold normally 1, (rarely 2) terminal (top of stem) flowers,〔 blooming in late spring,〔 between April and June.〔〔〔〔 The fragrant,〔 flowers are in diameter, and come in shades of pale violet,〔 blue violet,〔〔〔〔〔 lavender,〔〔 and light blue.〔 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 oblanceolate (top wider than the bottom) or slightly obovate, long and 1–2 cm wide. They are veined with a darker shade and have a white or cream (occasionally yellow), signal area (central area).〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 The single coloured standards are also oblanceolate, erect, long and 7-8mm wide.〔〔〔 It has a long, slender perianth tube of long.〔〔〔〔〔〔 It has very short pedicels.〔〔 It has 2.5 cm long stamens and 1.2 cm ovary.〔 It has short style branches, 4 cm long and 8m wide, in similar shades as the standards.〔〔〔 After the iris has flowered, it produces a reddish brown ovoid to cylindric seed capsule, long and 2 cm wide between June and September. The capsule has 6 veins, and a short beak-like appendage on the top.〔〔〔〔 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 loczyi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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