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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iris shrevei
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is the montane form of the widespread Iris virginica, given the name Iris shrevei many decades ago by Small. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris virginica var. shrevei
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iris virginica var. shrevei
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Iris virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Iris virginica var. shrevei
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-002?:
Iris virginica FAMILY Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris shrevei
COMMON NAME:
Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris
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May Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm160516_793
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Iris leaves have two morphologically and anatomically identical surfaces, per Plant Systematics, A Phylogenetic Approach (Judd et al., 2008+).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_794
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Petals lavender to violet, erect to ascending, tapered to a narrow claw, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070611_003
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sepals larger than petals, marked with yellow toward and onto the claws, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iris shrevei
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris virginica var. shrevei
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iris virginica var. shrevei
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Iris virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Iris virginica var. shrevei
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-002?:
Iris virginica
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris shrevei
4498
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, streams, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender, blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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