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Dwarf violet iris

Iris verna

Also called Dwarf Iris, Slender Blue Flag, Violet Iris

Dwarf violet iris
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade
Native range
E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Iris verna, the dwarf violet iris or upland dwarf iris, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family (Iridaceae). It is endemic to the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida along the Atlantic Coast, west to Mississippi, and inland to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. It occurs in nutrient-poor acidic soils of open to semi-shaded woodlands.

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 verna 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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