Iris cycloglossa

Iris cycloglossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Iridoideae
Tribe:	Irideae
Genus:	Iris
Subgenus:	Scorpiris
Species:	Iris cycloglossa
Binomial name
	Iris cycloglossa; Boiss & Reut.
Synonyms
	'Iris Fontanesii' (Baker), 'Xiphion Fontanesii' (Baker), 'Iris xiphium' (Desf)

Iris cycloglossa (also commonly known as the Morocco iris^[1] or Tangerian Iris^[2] or Tangiers Iris^[3]). It is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Xiphium.

Iris cycloglossa is a species from Western Afghanistan that somewhat resembles a Dutch Iris and is a rich blue-violet. It comes from areas subject to winter-spring floods so tolerates a lot of water and generally moister growing conditions than many other junos. It's one of the very last junos to bloom, and it's a beauty with a very different look. It's an "easy doer" when grown in sandy soil, and blooms in June instead of April-May like most junos. The flowers are outlandishly large, and luxuriantly floppy for the size of the plant, providing an unusual flouncy rabbit-ear look . Flower photos by Mark McDonough and Bill Dijk. The bulb photo by Peter Taggart shows this species has tuberous roots, which break off easily. ref - http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/JunoIrises

.^[4] ref http://overplanted.com/profiles/iris-cycloglossa.php

References

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^ Donald Wyman Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia, p. 577, at Google Books
^ Cassidy, G.E.; Linnegar, S. (1982). Growing Irises. Bromley: Christopher Helm. p. 145-146. ISBN 0-88192-089-4. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Media related to Iris cycloglossa at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Iris cycloglossa at Wikispecies

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[3] Donald Wyman Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia, p. 577, at Google Books

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