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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iris savannarum   FAMILY Iridaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris hexagona var. savannarum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Iris savannarum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Iris savannarum

 

COMMON NAME:
Prairie Iris


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image of Iris savannarum, Prairie Iris

Keith Bradley    kab_iris_savannarum_9988

March    Glades County    FL

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

Perianth blue-violet (rarely white); petals erect to spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Iris savannarum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris hexagona var. savannarum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Iris savannarum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris savannarum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3976

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, Florida prairies, strand swamps, freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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