Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Species
Registered Height: 12 to 28 inches
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Violet to bluish purple veined darker, white or yellow signal patch, hafts white finely netted brownish

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Species Iris
  • Iris
  • Savannah Iris
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Iris tridentata
  • Synonym: Limniris tridentata
  • Synonym: Xyridion tridentatum
  • Synonym: Iris tripetala

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Date: c. 1927
illustration [as Iris tripetala] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisonia

US Forest Service Photo by Dr. Jean Everett

US Forest Service Photo by Dr. Jean Everett
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