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| + | '''''Iris cristata''''' ('''Crested Iris''') is of the genus ''[[iris (plant)|Iris]]'', subgenus ''[[Iris subg. Limniris|Limniris]]''. In North America, it is native to areas of the Eastern United States. It is a close relative to ''[[Iris lacustris]]'' which is the only other crested iris native to North America, but which is found only in small areas of the [[Great Lakes]] region which have been glacier-free for only 11,000 years. |
− | Iris crisata, Soland. Plant dwarf: rhizome slender, creeping: lvs. ensiform, thin, 4-8 in. long, green: st. 1-3 in. high, flattened, 1-headed, bearing 2-3 lvs.: tube slender, l ½ -2 in. long; limb blue; outer segms. obovate, 1 -1 ½ in. long, crested; inner segms. shorter, naked. April, May. Mountains of Ky., Va., and the Carolines. B.M. 412. Gn. 45, p. 127. L.B.C. 14: 1366. | + | Iris crisata, Soland. Plant dwarf: rhizome slender, creeping: lvs. ensiform, thin, 4-8 in. long, green: st. 1-3 in. high, flattened, 1-headed, bearing 2-3 lvs.: tube slender, l ½ -2 in. long; limb blue; outer segms. obovate, 1 -1 ½ in. long, crested; inner segms. shorter, naked. April, May. Mountains of Ky., Va., and the Carolines. |