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Iris savannarum

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It has a bright green ellipsoid seed capsule, which is about 6–10 cm long. They have 6 sharp, wing-like, equally spaced ridges, which converge to form a stout beak at the apex of the capsule. Inside, are brown, circular, or lozenge-like (8-12mm diameter) seeds. The seed capsules can be very
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heavy, for the flowers stems, which then bend down to the ground or water (depending on habitat). The seeds are then released from the capsule, if released near water they will float (due to a cork-like coating). They can also drift in the wind to create new colonies.
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It has a greenish-coloured rhizome (2–2.5 cm diameter) with the fiber-like remains of the last season leaves, which branches with ease, forming large open clumps or colonies. The colonies are sometimes measured by the
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The iris flowers between spring and summer. Generally between March and April. It has between 1 and 3 flowers per stem. Which come in ranges of blue, from violet-blue to blue to white. The white form was originally called
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Henderson, N.C. (2002). "Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. Flora of North America north of Mexico". 26 (Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales). Oxford University Press, New York:
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Its main region of distribution is in Florida, where it dominates other iris species, and occurs in many small to medium-sized colonies in many places in the state. Its range in Florida includes
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It has bright green grass-like leaves, rising from the base of the plant, (approx. 60–100 cm long by 0.8–2 cm wide). They usually die back after the plant has stopped flowering.
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It prefers open freshwater swamps. It also likes rich loamy sandy soils and poor sandy loam soils, and is tolerant of both soils that are wet all year and soils that are dry all year.
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It is listed on The National Wetland Plant List (NWPL), which was updated in 2013. It is found in Atlantic Gulf Coastal Plains (AGCP) and Eastern Mountains and Piedmont (EMP).
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It was later classified by various Iris authors (including R. C. Foster, 'Contributor to Gray Herberium'. 119: 3–82. 1937) as a variety of
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Florida: Inferences on the Holocene History of the Louisiana Irises and Anthropogenic Effects on Their Distribution"
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Reed, Stewart T.; Ayala-Silva, Tomas; Dunn, Christopher B.; Gordon, Garry G.; Meerow, Alan (15 September 2013).
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They are pollinated by insects, bees most normally. The iris flower has a small flap that protects the
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in Addisonia (Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants. New York, NY) in 1925.
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Meerow, Alan W.; Gideon, Michael; Kuhn, David N.; Mopper, Susan; Nakamura, Kyoko (2011).
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is different from Iris hexagona in several features, including seed capsules (
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and several other ornamental plants were evaluated for their potential use as
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It has 30–100 cm long stems, which have one branch.
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In 2002, Henderson re-classified both of Small's species
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Specimens can be found at the Biodiversity Institute of
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(August 2011). 503: 443:has yellow-green leaves, while 439:capsules are rounded), leaves ( 961:. Timber Press, Incorporated. 807: 785: 771:"(SPEC) Iris savannarum Small" 423: 1: 1435:Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) 544: 451:flowers one month later than 435:capsules are hexagonal while 338:Iris hexagona var. savannarum 294:, it is also in the subgenus 7: 1056:"Welcome to: OAC HERBARIUM" 530:, and even as far south as 10: 1451: 1420:Flora of the United States 316:It has the common name of 288:is a species in the genus 16:Species of flowering plant 1152: 410:has been hybridized with 227: 220: 203: 196: 41:Scientific classification 39: 30: 23: 1415:Plants described in 1925 957:Austin, Claire (2005). 815:"Iris savannarum Small" 879:Cite journal requires 712:. susanleachsnyder.com 1127:at Wikimedia Commons 843:Richard P. 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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Iris
Iris subg. Limniris
Iris sect. Limniris
Iris ser. Hexagonae
Binomial name
Small
Synonyms
Iris
Limniris
Hexagonae
rhizomatous
perennial
Small
Iris hexagona
Iris giganticaerulea
University of Florida
diploid
chromosomes
accumulator
arsenic
phytostabilisation

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