Pan India Bouquets

Iris clarkei Baker ex Hook.f.

Family : Iridaceae
(Saffron Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KESAR FAMILY (केसर फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Iridaceae
Synonym(s) : Iris himalaica Dykes; Limniris clarkei (Baker ex Hook.f.) Rodion.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Iris clarkei Baker ex Hook.f.
Common name : Himalayan Iris, Clarke's Iris
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Marshes, wet meadows
Key identification features : Flowers large, c. 8 cm across, bright lilac blotched with violet and with a yellow throat; falls oblong-wedge-shaped narrowed to a bearded stalk. Standards with small oblong blades and long stalks; corolla-tube c. 12 mm. Spathes green, to 10 cm. Leaves variable, glossy above, glaucous beneath, linear long-pointed, usually 6-10 mm broad; stems stout, 30-60 cm. Rhizome stout, creeping. Fruit cylindrical to 6 cm.
Flower, Fruit : June-July
Distribution :
- Kashmir : Kashmir
Native : China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
Exotic/Native : Native
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 1390
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Iris clarkei. Downloaded on 2 December 2023.