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Iris taochia is a small rhizomatous perennial iris from the Caucasus and northeast Turkey that forms dense clumps with grey-green leaves and large white, yellow or purple flowers in spring. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and winter protection in cold, wet climates.
Iris taochia is a plant species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Iris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the Caucasus mountains and Turkey. It forms dense clumps, with grey-green leaves, simple stems of similar height, with 1–3 branches, a flowers in various shades from white, yellow to purple. They also have yellowish or white, tipped yellow beard. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.
It is hardy to −20 °C, meaning that it is hardy in hotter, drier parts of Europe and the USA.
In the UK, apart from the southeast, it needs the protection of a bulb frame to form flowers, although needs plenty of water.
Like many other irises, most parts of the plant are poisonous (rhizome and leaves), and if mistakenly ingested can cause stomach pains and vomiting. Handling the plant may cause skin irritation or an allergic reaction.
It is native to temperate regions of western Asia, and southeastern Europe.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris taochia 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.
