Iris macrosiphon

Iris macrosiphon, the bowltube iris, is a flowering plant in the iris family, endemic to California in the Cascade Range Foothills, north and central Sierra Nevada Foothills, Inner North Coast Ranges, and San Francisco Bay Area, where it occurs in sunny grasslands, meadows, and open woodlands.

Iris macrosiphon
Bowltube Iris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris
Section: Iris sect. Limniris
Series: Iris ser. Californicae
Species:
I. macrosiphon
Binomial name
Iris macrosiphon

The leaves are very slender, 2.5–5 mm wide, and blue-green in color. The flower is variable, golden yellow to cream or pale lavender to deep blue-purple, generally with darker veins. The flower stems are usually short (less than 25 cm) when in the sun and bear 2 flowers. It blooms in spring.

Uses

Used as a source of fiber by Native Americans. The fiber was used for fish nets, deer snares and other items.

It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant, where it prefers dry summer dormancy, with good drainage.

gollark: Which could probably be done more effectively... but shutting down most stuff is definitely a sensible way to go.
gollark: The point is just to reduce contacts between people and thus the virus's spread a lot.
gollark: And probably a lot of people off from, well, just being somewhat ill and unable to work.
gollark: I think economists are mostly in agreement that the lockdown is economically beneficial what with fewer people dying.
gollark: Licking *and* prions?

References
    • Jepson Flora Project: Iris macrosiphon
    • ITIS 43220
    • Flora of North America:
    • USDA: Plants Profile:
    • Images from the CalPhotos archive:
    • Harlow, Nora, Jakob, Kristin, and Raiche, Roger (2003) Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23849-4
    • Fiber uses of Iris macrosiphon
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.