Iris hexagona |
Iris bracteata |
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Siskiyou iris |
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Habit | Herbs to 60 cm tall. | |
Stems | unbranched. |
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Leaves | basal leaves evergreen; thick and rigid, 6–10 mm wide; glossy green on one side and light yellow-green on other, often red or pink basally; cauline leaves 3–6; some bract-like, overlapping and sheathing the stem. |
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Inflorescences | usually 2-flowered; bracts opposite and closed. |
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Flowers | perianth cream to buff-yellow; sepals with deeper yellow signal, veined with purple or brown; floral tube less than 10 mm; funnel-shaped; style tips oblong, reflexed and toothed; stigmas triangular. |
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Fruit | capsules barrel-shaped, tapering into pedicels. |
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Seeds | dark brown, irregular in shape, wrinkled. |
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Roots fibrous; rhizomes sheathed with old leaf bases. | ||
2n | =40. |
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Iris hexagona |
Iris bracteata |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Shady forests, particularly ponderosa pine. Flowering Apr–Jun. 200–600m. Sisk. CA. Native. Iris bracteata hybridizes with I. chrysophylla, I. douglasiana, I. innominata, and I. tenax. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 260 Ann Willyard |
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