Iris cristata
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| Dwarf Crested Iris | |
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| In the Great Smoky Mountains | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Limniris |
| Section: | Lophiris |
| Species: | I. cristata |
| Binomial name | |
| Iris cristata Ait. | |
Iris cristata, the Dwarf Crested Iris, is a beardless rhizomatous iris (genus Iris, subgenus Limniris), endemic to the eastern United States, south of where the Wisconsinan glaciation spread about 11,000 years ago.[1]
Iris cristata is a close relative to Iris lacustris (Dwarf lake iris), the only other crested iris native to North America, which, unlike the Crested iris, is found only in small areas of the Great Lakes region that have been glacier-free for only 11,000 years.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gary L. Hannan; Michael W. Orick; Gary L. Hannan; Michael W. Orick (2000). "Isozyme Diversity in Iris cristata and the Threatened Glacial Endemic I. Lacustris (Iridaceae)". American Journal of Botany 87 (3): 293–301. doi:10.2307/2656625. JSTOR 2656625. PMID 10718990.
- Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 441, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
External links
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- Flora of North America: Iris cristata
- Distribution map
- USDA Plants Profile: Iris cristata (Dwarf Crested Iris)
- US Forest Service - Beauty of It All
- Missouri Plants
- IPNI Listing
- University of Texas at Austin
- US Forest Service
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