Iris barnumiae
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Iris |
| Species: | Iris barnumiae |
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Iris barnumiae Foster & Baker |
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Iris barnumiae is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the Oncocyclus section. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. It has pale glaucous green and narrow leaves, that are slightly sickle-shaped and fade soon after blooming. It has in mid to late spring, fragrant flowers in shades of purple, from red-purple, mulberry to purplish-violet, with a yellow tipped with purple beard. It was renamed as I. barnumiae in after a plant naming conference, but is still named as I. barnumae in some sources. It has one accepted subspecies Iris barnumiae subsp. demawendica and two forms; Iris barnumiae f. protonyma (Stapf) B.Mathew & Wendelbo and Iris barnumiae f. urmiensis (Hoog) B.Mathew & Wendelbo, which has yellow flowers. Sometimes I. barnumiae f. barnumiae is used to described the basic form. It is rarely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, due to it needing very dry and warm summer conditions.
It has slender rhizomes, which are up to 1 cm in diameter. They do not have stolons, and new growths of rhizomes, are on the sides of the old rhizomes. They form tufts, and spreading plants.
It has pale glaucous green, narrow leaves, that can grow up to between 15–20 cm (6–8 in) long, and between 0.5 and 0.7 cm wide. The leaves all die in the summer after the flowers have bloomed, then re-appear next season. The foliage is very similar to Iris iberica (another Oncocyclus section iris), but it is less falcate, (or sickle-shaped).
It has a slender stem or peduncle, that can grow up to between 10–40 cm (4–16 in) tall.
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