Iris narbutii
| Iris graeberiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Scorpiris |
| Species: | Iris narbutii |
| Binomial name | |
| Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch | |
| Synonyms | |
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Iris narbutii is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Scorpiris. It is a bulbous perennial. It is sometimes misspelt as 'Iris narbuti'.[2][3]
It was first published as 'Juno Narbutii' by Olga Fedtschenko in 'Izvestiya Imperatorskago Obscestva Ljubitelej Estestvoznanija, Antropologii i Etnografii, Sostojascago pri (Imperatorskom) Moskovskom Universitete' in 1902.[4] It was later published as 'Iris Narbutii' by Boris Fedtschenko in Bull. Jard. Bot. St. Petersb. Vol.V page157 in 1905.[5]
Iris narbutii is now an accepted name by the RHS.[6]
It is listed in 1995 in 'Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR)' by Czerepanov, S. K.[7]
It may have been named after 'Narbuta Beg'(1774-1798), a grandson of 'Abd al-Karim' (Khanate of Kokand) of the Fergana Valley, Central Asia, where the iris was found.[8]
It can be seen growing in the 'Le Grand Clos Botanique Garden' in Bourgueil, France.[9]
It can be cultivated in pots,[10] or in well drained soils in sunshine (like other Juno irises).[11]
Habit
Iris narbutii has a brown bulb with papery tunic,[10] the bulb is approx. 2 cm in diameter.[12] It has thickened roots,[5] which look similar to fat short pointed tubers.[13]
One of the shorter Juno irises, similar to Iris Lepthoriza,[10] only growing to a height of 5–10 cm (2-4inches).[5][11][14][15]
It blooms in early-mid spring,[12] flowering between January to April depending on the weather conditions.[5][10][11] It has 1 or 2 scentless flowers per bulb stem.[5][12][14]
The flowers come in a range of shades between greenish-yellow to pale violet.[10][11][14] The green-purple perianth tube is about 4–5 cm long.[5][12] It has standards (3.5–5 cm long) that hang downwards.[11][15][16] It has falls that start upright, but then the blade bends downwards, with a dark violet blotch at the tip. They have a raised white crest surrounded by a yellow zone/area.[10][11][14][15][16] The yellow zone can sometimes have a dark purple ring around it.[12]
It has whitish pollen.[5]
The thin, channelled dark green leaves emerge before the flowers, they are 5–25 mm wide (close to the base of the plant).[5][11][12] They gradually narrow to an apex (falcate-like, lanceolate)[10] and have a very visible white edging/margin.[5]
Native
Iris narbutii is from Central Asia.[14][16] Originally found on the slopes of Syr-Darya river valley.[5][15]
It is found on the rocky, gravelly slopes of the mountains of western Tien Shan and southern Pamir Mountains.[12] Also seen near to Samarkand and Tashkent.[5]
Olga Fedtschenko had speculated that the plants from west Tien Shan, could be a separate species, due to their paler colour.[5]
In Chulbair Mountains, Uzbekistan, it is a threatened species and close to extinction.[10]
Known hybrids
- Iris narbutii 'Kara Kaga'[16]
In Russia, Vvedenskii had noted several natural hybrids including; J. narbutii x J maracandica (near Jizzak, Uzbekistan), J. narbutii x J. Orchioides and J. narbutii x J. subdecolorata (near Darbaza, Kazakhstan).[12]
References
- ↑ "Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch.". www.theplantlist.org. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ Gardener, Chris (18 April 2011). "Tajikistan & Uzbekistan, A Reconnaissance Report" (pdf). greentours.co.uk. p. 5. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iris". bulbsbirdsnmore.com.au. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iris narbutii O.Fedtsch.". kew.org. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Komarov, V.L. (1935). "Akademiya Nauk SSSR (FLORA of the U.S.S.R.) Vol. IV". archive.org. pp. 430–431. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Iris narbutii". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR), p. 281, at Google Books
- ↑ Ahmad Hasan Dani and Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson (Editors) History of Civilizations of Central Asia Volume V: Development in contrast from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century , p. 74, at Google Books
- ↑ "iris botanique". irisbotanique.over-blog.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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publisher=irisbotanique.over-blog.com/15-index.html "Chapter III bulbous iris"] Check
|url=scheme (help). Retrieved 13 October 2014. - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Almond, Jim. "PLANT OF THE MONTH - OCTOBER". freespace.virgin.net. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Juno". flower.onego.ru. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ Taggart, Peter (6 January 2010). "Iris narbutii". signa.org (Species Iris Group of North America). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cassidy, G.E.; Linnegar, S. (1987). Growing Irise (Revised ed.). Bromley: Christopher Helm. p. 147. ISBN 0-88192-089-4.
- 1 2 3 4 "(SPEC) Iris narbutii Fedts.". wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society). 24 March 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Waddick, Jim. "Juno irises J-R". pacificbulbsociety.org. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
External links
Media related to Iris narbutii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Iris narbutii at Wikispecies