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Morocco iris

Iris tingitana

Also called Tangiers Iris

Morocco iris
Photo: M. Smith, Public domain
Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
NW. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Iris tingitana (also commonly known as the Morocco iris, or Tangerian iris, or Tangiers iris) is a species in the genus Iris in the subgenus of Xiphium.

How to grow it

It is very susceptible to iris mosaic virus.

It can be propagated by bulblets, 1 to 4 small bulbs growing beside the main bulb which can then be taken off and planted to grow on to form a new bulb.

Other Iris plants

Iris acutiloba subsp. lineolata · Iris acutiloba · Iris adriatica · Iris afghanica · Iris alberti · Iris albomarginata · Iris alexeenkoi · Single Bract Iris · Iris antilibanotica · Stool iris · Iris arenaria · Iris assadiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iris tingitana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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