Iris flavescens

Iris flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Irideae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris
Section: Iris
Species: I. flavescens
Binomial name
Iris flavescens
Delile

Iris flavescens, also known as the Lemon-yellow Iris, is a species of Iris that has distichous leaves and pale yellow flowers.[1] It is similar in appearance to Iris sambucina, although with flowers that are more faded in colour.[2] It can be found in Pennsylvania, United States.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Robert Sweet (1831). The British Flower Garden: Coloured Figures & Descriptions of the Most Ornamental & Curious Hardy Herbaceous Plants. J. Ridgway. p. 56.
  2. ↑ John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1816). "A Systematic View of the Plants Contained in the "Liliacée par J.P. Redouté"". Quarterly Journal of Science (John Murray): 173.
  3. ↑ Ann Fowler Rhoads; William M. Klein (1993). The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas 207. American Philosophical Society. p. 566. ISBN 0871692074.