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Iris orientalis
Also called Yellow banded iris, Turkish iris, Oriental Iris
Yellowband iris is a hardy rhizomatous perennial with large white flowers marked with yellow, grown in gardens across temperate regions. It is easy to grow in full sun or part shade, and once established it forms large clumps.
Iris orientalis is a species in the genus Iris; it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Turkey and Greece, with white flowers with a yellow mark or blotch. It was also known as Iris ochroleuca for a long time. It is commonly known as yellow banded iris in the U.S. and Turkish iris in the UK but also has some other less common names. It is very hardy and has been known to naturalize in various countries.
It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
Iris orientalis is widely grown in gardens and parks. It is hardy to between USDA Zone 4a and 9b. Between (−34.4 °C (−30 °F) to −3.8 °C (25 °F)).
It is also hardy to WHZ 4–9, and within Europe H2. The leaves often survive the winter. Due to this hardiness it is assumed fairly easy to grow.
Like many other irises, most parts of the plant are poisonous (rhizome and leaves), if mistakenly ingested can cause stomach pains and vomiting. Also handling the plant may cause a skin irritation or an allergic reaction.
It has been listed with Iris paradoxa and Iris spuria subsp. musulmanica as a suitable halophyte crop.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris orientalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
