Iris flavescens

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Iris flavescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Iris
Section: Iris sect. Pogon
Species:
I. flavescens
Binomial name
Iris flavescens
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Iris flavescens, also known as the lemonyellow iris, [1] is a species of Iris that has distichous leaves and pale yellow flowers. [2] It is similar in appearance to Iris sambucina , although with flowers that are more faded in colour. [3] It can be found in Pennsylvania, United States. [4]

References

  1. ↑ NRCS. "Iris flavescens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Robert Sweet (1831). The British Flower Garden: Coloured Figures & Descriptions of the Most Ornamental & Curious Hardy Herbaceous Plants. J. Ridgway. p. 56.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Ann Fowler Rhoads; William M. Klein (1993). The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas. Vol. 207. American Philosophical Society. p. 566. ISBN   0871692074.


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