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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iris verna var. verna
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Iris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris verna var. verna
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Iris verna var. verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-007a:
Iris verna var. verna FAMILY Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Neubeckia verna
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Dwarf Iris, Sandhill Iris, Coastal Plain Violet Iris
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Mark A. Musselman mam_dwarf_iris040908
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Leaves 3-8mm wide, partially evergreen, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mark A. Musselman mam_dwarfiris040908a
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Petals lavender to violet, 2-7cm long, 1-2cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mark A. Musselman mam_dwarfiris040908b
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Flowers are very fragrant, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Mark A. Musselman mam_dwarfiris040908c
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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Rob Hunnings rlh_sandhilliris20130414a
April Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Sepals bluish to violet with yellow or orange band in center, not crested, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Rob Hunnings rlh_sandhilliris20130414b
April Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Bluish to violet flowers seemingly arise directly from the ground, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_252498143940126
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Leaf-bearing shoots spaced at intervals of (5-) 8-15cm along the rhizome, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869848185176
July Hoke County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iris verna var. verna
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris verna var. verna
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Iris verna var. verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-007a:
Iris verna var. verna
FAMILY
Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Neubeckia verna
2101
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry, rocky forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Partially evergreen
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring
Lavender/Violet
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p059
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p132?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p197
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p250
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p137
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p120?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p433
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p144?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p173?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p044?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p383
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p019?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p087
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