''Iris nusairiensis'' is a species in the genus ''
Iris'', it is also in the subgenus
''Scorpiris''. It is a
bulbous perennial
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from
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, it has pale blue or white flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in
temperate
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regions.
Description
''Iris nusairiensis'' is fairly similar in form to ''
Iris aucheri''.
[
It has a brown bulb with long fleshy storage roots.][British Iris Society (1997) ]
It generally has about 6 glossy mid-green, lanceolate
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leaves rising from the base of the stem.[
It grows to a height of tall.][ The flowers all have a pale yellow or yellow crest on the falls. It also has darker blue veining on the hafts.][
]
Taxonomy
It was published by Paul Mouterde
Paul Mouterde (1892– 14 January 1972) was a French Jesuit missionary and naturalist, and the director of the Oriental Library at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
He published two previously unknown homilies of fifth-century Syriac poet ...
in 'Nouvelle Flora du Liban et de la Syrie' (New flora of Libya and Syria) 311, in 1966.specific epithet
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''nusairiensis'' comes from 'Jebel Nusair' (meaning Nusair's mountain) in Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
,Swedish
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.[
''Iris nusairiensis'' is now an accepted name by the RHS, and it was verified by ]United States Department of Agriculture
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and the Agricultural Research Service
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on 4 April 2003 and updated on 3 December 2004.[
]
Distribution and habitat
It is native
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to temperate areas of western Asia.[
]
Range
It is found in Syria.
Habitat
They are grown on rocky positions.[
They can be found at an altitude of above sea level.][
]
Conservation
It is listed as one of the significant plants in Syria.[
]
Cultivation
Similar to other Juno irises it prefers well drained soils in full sun. It is better to grow in an alpine house
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or bulb frame in the UK.[
Another form of ''Iris nusairiensis'' was found in SE ]Turkey
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, around the Malatya province, similar in form with three very large creamy-white flowers with a large round rich egg-yolk yellow patch on its falls. But some discussions by botanists think it might be a separate species.
References
Other sources
* Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
* Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 157.
External links
Close-up image of Iris nusariensis on flickr
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15572008
nusairiensis
Plants described in 1966
Flora of Syria