Family | Iridaceae |
Subfamily | Iridoideae |
Tribe | Irideae |
Scientific name | Iris setosa Pallas ex Link var. hondoensis Honda |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kirigamine hiougi-ayame (キリガミネヒオウギアヤメ, 霧ヶ峰檜扇菖蒲 [meaning: Mt. Kirigamine Japanese cypress fan iris]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Mt. Kirigamine) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=52-57 |
Description | Leaves 20-40cm long, 1-2cm wide. Scapes electing 30-90cm tall. Flowers purple ca. 8cm across, inner perianths ca. 2.5cm long, flowering in May to August. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Iris setosa Pall. ex Link |
Iris setosa Pallas ex Link | |
Polyphenols in Iris setosa var. canadensis and Their Chemotaxonomic Comparisons with Three Japanese Varieties | |
Wild Iris Species in Japan | |
Water purificant (US Patent 6254800/2001) | |
Iris transformation method (US Patent 6459017/2002) | |
Low complexity classification from a single unattended ground sensor node (US Patent 7343362/2008) | |
Note | Iris setosa Pallas ex Link var. canadensis M. Foster (syn. Iris hookeri Penny ex G. Don) is a local variety of Iris setosa Pallas ex Link var. setosa. |
Photos at Kyoto Botanical Garden below are those of plants which have been cultivated by Kyoto Botanical Garden and displayed as Iris setosa var. setosa. However, I think that the plants were Iris setosa var. hondoensis Honda but not Iris setosa var. setosa. |
May 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |