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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: DaveM on April 02, 2022, 11:46:17 AM

Title: Iris for identification
Post by: DaveM on April 02, 2022, 11:46:17 AM: I obtained this dwarf rhizomatous iris many years ago. The flower max height is about 15 cm. The label is well lost and I think (????) the name given was Iris lacustris. But is it? Ideas welcomed.

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Title: Re: Iris for identification
Post by: Gabriela on April 02, 2022, 03:24:27 PM: Quote from: DaveM on April 02, 2022, 11:46:17 AM
I obtained this dwarf rhizomatous iris many years ago. The flower max height is about 15 cm. The label is well lost and I think (????) the name given was Iris lacustris. But is it? Ideas welcomed.

It is not I. lacustris for sure Dave.
I would say I. ruthenica but others may be of different opinions.
Title: Re: Iris for identification
Post by: Kathy1987 on April 02, 2022, 03:55:04 PM: I would also say: ruthenica.
Title: Re: Iris for identification
Post by: Claire Cockcroft on April 02, 2022, 05:19:24 PM: I agree -- Iris ruthenica. I have I. r. nana, grown from seed from a APS collection from Napa Hai. It's a great performer, very tough.
Title: Re: Iris for identification
Post by: DaveM on April 02, 2022, 05:23:29 PM: Thank you. That does look right.
Title: Re: Iris for identification
Post by: Maggi Young on April 02, 2022, 05:31:25 PM: The leaves, with their semi-pleated look , seem right for I. ruthenica. Not sure that pleated is the right word, I mean they have lines which almost look like folds - I was trying not to mention stripes, in case of virus connotations!
Title: Re: Iris for identification
Post by: ruweiss on April 03, 2022, 07:32:05 PM: An older photo of my Iris lacustris. These very rewarding plants are one of the smallest species of
all Irises and grow of thin and wiry rhizomes.