Iris unguicularis
Iris unguicularis
subsp. carica: Çalı navruzu
Plant 12-40 cm, Rhizome tough with wiry roots, forming dense clumps. Leaves linear, 10-60 x 1.5-5 mm at anthesis. Bract and bracteole sheathing perianth tube, long-tapering at apex, 7-25 cm. Flowers lavender-blue to deep lilac, veined darker, with a yellow median stripe on falls. Perianth tube 9-28 ern. Falls oblanceolate, 6-8 x 1-2 cm, acute, with narrow long-tapering claw; standards oblanceolate, 6-8 x 0.8-1.5 cm, acute. Stylar tube 1.5-2 cm; style branches 2.5-3 x 0.3-0.4 cm, with acute lobes 1-1.2 x 0.2 cm. Capsule ellipsoid, 3-4 x 1-1.5 cm, carried on a short peduncle.
1. Leaves usually 1-2 mm wide var. carica
1. Leaves usually 2-5 mm wide var. syriaca
Distribution of species: NW. Africa, Crete, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Syria.
