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Iris maackii
Ussuri Iris is a hardy, rhizomatous perennial iris from China and eastern Russia, grown for its grey-green sword-shaped leaves and yellow spring flowers. It does best in moist soil and is hardy to USDA Zone 6.
Iris maackii is a species in the genus Iris; it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Laevigatae. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from China and eastern Russia. It has sword-shaped grey-green leaves, and has many branched flowering stems that carry flowers in May that come in various shades of yellow.
It can be seen at the Arboretum and Botanical Garden, University of Bergen, Norway.
It is listed in Forest Vegetation of Northeast Asia.
It is found in damp places near ponds and lakes at altitudes of between near sea level, rising up to 300 m (above sea level).
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