Wednesday 6 September 2017

IRIS

Iris is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers in the Iridaceae family. It takes its name from Iris, the ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colours found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name for all Iris species, though some plants called thus belong to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is 'flags', while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as 'junos', particularly in horticulture. 

Irises are popular garden flowers and their blossoms provide wonderful splashes of colour in the Spring garden. The genus is widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone. Their habitats are varied, ranging from cold and montane regions to the grassy slopes, meadowlands and riverbanks of Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and across North America. Irises are perennial herbs, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 3–10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.

This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.


6 comments:

  1. Nice images.
    Thanks for joining our 250th weekly photo linkup at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/09/inwardly-gazing-with-monochrome-eyes.html

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  2. I look forward to spring and the time the Iris are in bloom, - so many different and beautiful varieties.

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  3. Wonderful isn't it.

    Have a splendid ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
    ♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫
    http://melodymusic.nl/21-i/

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  4. I love to take photo's from an Isis, there look always wonderful!
    Have a nice ABC~week!!
    Daphne, ABCW~team
    http://www.dcdjfotografie.nl/21-ibis/

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  5. My favourite spring flower! Beautiful photo.

    Leslie
    abcw team

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