Iris albicans

Iris albicans

Taxobox
name ="Iris albicans"


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Iridoideae
tribus = Irideae
genus = "Iris"
subgenus = "Iris"
sectio = "Iris"
species = "I. albicans"
binomial = "Iris albicans"
binomial_authority = Lange

"Iris albicans", also known as the Cemetery Iris, White Cemetery Iris, or the White Flag Iris, is a species of iris which was planted on graves in Muslim regions and grows in many countries throughout the Middle East and northern Africa. It was later introduced to Spain, and then other European countries. [ [http://www.badbear.com/signa/signa.pl?Iris-albicans Iris Species Database ] ] It is a natural hybrid.
It may reach 60 centimeters in height.The leaves are grey-green, and broadly sword-shaped. [ [http://www.rhs.org.uk/databases/Award3.asp?ID=9205 Royal Horticultural Society - RHS Horticultural Database ] ] The inflorescence is fan-shaped and contains two or three flowers. The flowers are grey or silvery in bud, and are white or off-white and 8cm wide in bloom. It is a sterile hybrid, and spreads by rhizomal growth and division, as it cannot produce seeds.

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