Kingdom Plantae Family Iridaceae Tribe Irideae Rank Species | Order Asparagales Subfamily Iridoideae Genus Iris | |
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Similar Iris histrio, Iris winogradowii, Iris hoogiana, Iris korolkowii, Iris histrioides | ||
Iris hyrcana top 5 facts
Iris hyrcana (or Hyrcana iris) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Hermodactyloides and section Reticulatae. It is a bulbous perennial.
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It is named after the Hyrcanian woods where it is locally found.
It was published in 'Flora Kavkaza' by Alexander Grossheim in 1928.
Iris hyrcana is now an accepted name by the RHS.
It is listed in 1995 in 'Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR)' by Czerepanov, S. K.
Once though to be a variant of Iris reticulata. Except Iris hyrcana has spherical bulbs where as Iris reticulata bulbs are drop shaped.
Its clear blue flowers with a bright yellow ridge come out in the winter time (between November and January). The flowers are around 2.5–3 cm (1 inch), held less than 10 cm high on the plant.
It is thought to be best grown in a bulb frame or alpine house.
A specimen of Iris hyrcana won the Farrer Medal at the AGS Caerleon Show, in South Wales, shown by Bob & Rannveig Wallis.
Native
Originally found in the Hyrcanian woods along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea from Azerbaijan to Iran.