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Iris (plant) Iris. (plant) Iris is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species [1] with showy flowers. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is flags, while the plants of the subgenus ...
Irises is one of several paintings of irises by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, and one of a series of paintings he made at the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890. Van Gogh started painting Irises within a month of entering the asylum, in May 1889, working from nature in ...
The iris (pl.: irides or irises) is a thin, annular structure in the eye in most mammals and birds, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil, and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. In optical terms, the pupil is the eye's aperture, while the iris is the diaphragm.
Iris glaucescens Bunge. Iris griffithii Baker. Iris hellenica Dionysios Mermygkas, Kit Tan & Artemios Yannitsaros. Iris imbricata Lindl. Iris junonia Schott ex Kotschy. Iris kashmiriana Baker. Iris lutescens Lam. (including I. italica) Iris marsica I.Ricci & Colas. Iris mesopotamica – Mesopotamian iris.
Iridaceae (/ ɪrɪˈdeɪsiˌaɪ, - siːˌiː /) is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises. It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of c. 2500 species. [2][3][4] It includes a number of economically important cultivated plants, such as species of Freesia, Gladiolus, and Crocus ...
Iris versicolor is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant, growing 10–80 cm (4–31 in) high. ([1]) It tends to form large clumps from thick, creeping rhizomes. The unwinged, erect stems generally have basal leaves that are more than 1 cm ( in) wide. Leaves are folded on the midribs so that they form an overlapping flat fan.