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Iris tenuifolia
Slender Leaf Iris is a small, beardless rhizomatous perennial from Central Asia with long, twisted grey-green leaves and pale violet to purple flowers. It is rare in cultivation and needs full sun, sandy alkaline soil and a dry winter rest.
Iris tenuifolia is a beardless iris in the genus Iris, in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Tenuifoliae of the genus. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from a wide region over central Asia, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, (the former Soviet Union republics of); Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia and in China. It has long greyish-green leaves, short stem and pale violet, lilac, pale blue, or purple flowers.
Iris tenuifolia is rare in cultivation in the UK. It is rare in cultivation in the US as well.
They are more grown by specialised collectors or for scientific and research purposes.
Iris tenuifolia is native to a wide region, of various temperate areas of Central Asia. Which extends from the Volga through Turkestan into Mongolia, and China.
In 2001, a study was carried to monitor the effects of the iris, within a herbal remedy for kidney protection was carried out.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris tenuifolia 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.
