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}} ''Iris sintenisii'' is a species in the genus ''Iris'', it is also in the subgenus of ''Limniris'' and in Series ''Spuriae'', with violet-blue flowers. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from regions of Europe, Russia, and Turkey. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. ==Description== ''Iris sintenisii'' is intermediate in appearance and form between ''Iris graminea'' and a small ''Iris spuria''. It has thin (or slender), wiry (or hard), short rhizomes.〔British Iris Society (1997) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://irisbotanique.over-blog.com/article-chapitre-ii-iris-a-touffe-et-autre-partie3-106518511.html )〕〔James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey (Editors) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kcis.org/kciseducation/kcissmallspurias.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=629&strPageHistory=related )〕 That are covered with the brown, fibrous remains of the last seasons leaves.〔〔〔 Over time it forms many branches to create a tight clumps or tussocks.〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Iris/sintenisii )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.delafleuraumiel.com/pepiniere/iris-sintenisii,1446 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.zauberstaude.de/Zauberstaude-p2256h10s31-Iris-sintenisii-klei.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wrightmanalpines.com/plant/iris-sintenisii-dwarf )〕 It has linear, glaucous green to dark green, rigid, acuminate (tapering to a long point), grass-like leaves.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/agm/award3.asp?ID=9362 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/3390 )〕〔Christopher Brickel (Editor) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jardindumorvan.com/iris-sintenisii-87,fr,4,P15087.cfm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://flowerlib.ru/books/item/f00/s00/z0000035/st029.shtml )〕 They are often described as evergreen.〔〔〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.herbs2000.com/flowers/i_ispuria.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jardin-nature.net/jardin-botanique/item/578-iris-sintenisii )〕 They have clear pronounced veins.〔〔 They can grow up to between long,〔 and 0.3–0.5 cm wide.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔Thomas Gaskell Tutin (Editor) 〕 The leaves often exceed the height of the flower stems.〔〔〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://flower.onego.ru/other/iris/iris_ss.html )〕 ''Iris sintenisii'' is smaller than ''Iris graminea''.〔 It has cylindrical or slightly compressed, unbranched stems.〔〔〔〔〔 They can grow up to between long.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bgflora.net/families/iridaceae/iris/iris_sintenisii/iris_sintenisii_en.html )〕 The stems have 2-3,〔 green spathes, (leaves of the flower bud), that are 3.5-7.5 cm long.〔〔〔〔 The leaves are all keeled.〔〔〔 The inner leaves are slightly longer the outer leaves.〔 The stems or peduncle hold 1 or 2,〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 terminal (top of stem) flowers,〔〔 between late spring and summer,〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 between June and July.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 The flowers are similar in form to ''Iris graminea'' but in different shades of colour.〔 The flowers are not scented,〔〔 and can be up in diameter,〔〔〔〔〔 and come in shades of violet-blue,〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 blue-purple,〔〔〔〔〔〔 blue,〔〔〔〔〔 purple,〔〔〔 and violet.〔〔 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 slender falls are slightly panduriform (shaped like a fiddle).〔 They have a rounded or ovate/elliptic blade, measuring 1.3–1.4 cm long and 0.9–1.3 cm wide.〔〔〔 Then they have a narrowing before a long oval haft (connecting to the stem), measuring 2.5–3 cm long and 0.3–0.5 cm wide.〔〔〔〔 The haft is veined with red-purple.〔 They are white or cream, heavily veined violet-blue or purple.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 It has single coloured (violet-blue to blue-purple),〔 upright standards that are oblanceolate and 3–4 cm long and 0.4–0.5 cm wide.〔〔〔〔〔 It has single coloured (violet-blue to blue-purple), style branches, that are 2.6–2.8 cm long and 0.5–0.6 cm wide, with recurved lobes.〔〔〔 It has a small slender ovary 1–2 cm long, with a slender beak.〔〔 It also has small, triangular crests.〔 This iris is uniquely pollinated by ants, as the flowers secrete nectar at the base of the petals.〔〔 After the iris has flowered, it produces an oblong, seed capsule,〔〔 1.5 cm long and 1 cm wide.〔 It also has a slender beak appendage up to 2 cm long.〔 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 sintenisii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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