Iris purdyi |
Iris prismatica |
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Purdy's iris, redwood iris |
slender blue iris |
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Rhizomes | much branched, forming dense clumps, dark red-brown, very slender, 0.3–0.6 cm diam., covered with remains of old leaves; roots fibrous. |
superficial or only slightly buried in peaty soil, cordlike portions usually 1-branched, 40 cm × 2–5 mm, bearing scalelike leaves at nodes; nodal roots absent. |
Stems | simple, solid, 1.5–2.5 dm. |
simple or 1–2-branched, 3–8 dm. |
Leaves | basal few, laxly spreading, longer than stem, blade bright dark green adaxially, flushed pink basally, veins subprominent, linear, 2.8–4.8 dm × 0.5–0.8 cm, rather glaucous abaxially, margins thickened, apex acute; cauline imbricated, sheathing, free only at tips, bracteiform, blade green edged with pink, strongly striate, inflated, apex acuminate. |
basal with blade slightly ribbed, 3–6 dm × 0.2–0.5 cm; cauline 1–4, erect. |
Inflorescence units | 1–2-flowered; spathes green with prominent red margins, inflated, broadly lanceolate-ovate, 5.6–7 cm × 8–13 mm, unequal, outer shorter than inner, herbaceous, apex acuminate. |
1–3-flowered, branch units 1–2-flowered; spathes pale brown, narrowly lanceolate, 2–4 cm, scarious or partially membranaceous. |
Flowers | perianth pale creamy yellow flushed with pale lavender, with conspicuous brownish purple lines; floral tube linear, 3–5 cm, somewhat dilated apically; sepals widely spreading, veined and dotted with deeper purple on claw and limb, oblanceolate, 5.5–8.4 × 1.6–2.7 cm; petals spreading, lanceolate, 5–7 × 1–2 cm, margins sinuate; ovary trigonal in cross section with groove along each angle, narrow, 1–1.5 cm; style 2–3 cm, crests narrowly semiovate or nearly linear, laciniate, 1–2 cm; stigmas rounded-truncate to 2-lobed, never triangular, margins minutely denticulate; pedicel 1–2 cm. |
perianth pale blue or blue-violet; floral tube 0.2–0.3 cm; sepals pale violet, veined deep violet basally, ovate, 4–5 × 1.3–2 cm, base abruptly attenuate; petals lavender, oblanceolate, 3.5–4.5 × 0.7–1.5 cm; ovary trigonal, sharply angled; style arched, narrow, 2–3 cm, crests divergent, quadrate, 0.5–0.7 cm, margins serrate; stigmas sharply triangular; pedicel somewhat flattened, 3–7 cm, exserted from spathe. |
Capsules | oblong-ovoid, trigonal, somewhat beaked, 2–3 cm. |
sharply 3-angled, almost winged, 3–4 × 1.2–1.4 cm, concave faces 6–14 mm wide. |
Seeds | light brown, D-shaped, oblong-ovoid, thick, finely wrinkled. |
in 1 row per locule, buff to dark brown, pyriform, with convex sides, 3–4 mm, smooth. |
2n | = 40. |
= 42. |
Iris purdyi |
Iris prismatica |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Open woods of redwood region | Swampy, peaty soil |
Distribution |
CA
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AL; CT; DE; GA; KY; MA; MD; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; RI; SC; TN; VA
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Discussion | Iris purdyi hybridizes with I. bracteata, I. chrysophylla, I. douglasiana, I. innominata, I. macrosiphon, I. tenax, and I. tenuissima. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 385. | FNA vol. 26, p. 395. |
Parent taxa | Iridaceae > Iris > subg. Limniris > sect. Limniris > ser. Californicae | Iridaceae > Iris > subg. Limniris > sect. Limniris > ser. Prisimaticae |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | I. lansdaleana, I. macrosiphon var. purdyi | |
Name authority | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 78, plate 7, fig. 2. (1897) | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 30. (1814) |
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