''Iris'' ser. ''Ruthenicae'' is a series of the genus ''
Iris'', in
''Iris.'' subg. ''Limniris''.
The series was first classified by
Diels in 'Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien' (Edited by H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl) in 1930. It was further expanded by
Lawrence in Gentes Herb (written in Dutch) in 1953.
[James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey (Editors) ]
It is similar to ''
Iris verna
''Iris verna'', the dwarf violet iris, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family ( Iridaceae). It is endemic to the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida along the Atlantic Coast, west to Mississippi, and inland to Kentuck ...
''.
The species have a flower spike that appears before the leaves. Although the leaves sometimes continue through the winter in the UK.
[British Iris Society (1997) ]
The two species have pear shaped seeds,
[ that have a white appendage.][
The species are native in a region from the Carpathians (in Europe) to the Asian coast.][
Includes:
*'']Iris ruthenica
''Iris ruthenica'', sometimes called ever blooming iris (in the UK), Russian iris, pilgrim iris and Hungarian iris (in Europe), is a species in the genus ''Iris''- subgenus '' Limniris''. It is a rhizomatous perennial, with a wide distribution, r ...
'' Ker-Gawl.
*''Iris uniflora
''Iris uniflora'' is a species in the genus ''Iris'', it is also in the subgenus '' Limniris''. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Russia, Mongolia, China and Korea. It has thin grass-like leaves and stems, and purple, blue-purple or violet flow ...
'' Pallas
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Flora of Europe
Flora of Asia
Ruthenicae