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}} ''Iris farreri'' is a beardless iris in the genus ''Iris'', in the subgenus ''Limniris'' and in the ''Tenuifoliae series'' of the species. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, from China. It has grey-green leaves, long stem and 1 or 2 violet, lilac or light blue flowers. It has undergone several changes of name and series, before being left as ''Iris farreri''. ==Description== ''Iris farreri'' is very similar in form to ''Iris graminea''.〔 It has knobbly and woody rhizomes.〔 Creating dense tufted clumps of plants.〔〔Basak Gardner and Chris Gardner 〕 The rhizomes have reddish purple, sheaths and fibers (remains from the past seasons leaves).〔 It has linear, narrow,〔〔 sword-shaped, greyish-green leaves, long and wide.〔〔 They are finely ribbed and are similar in form to the leaves of ''Iris humilis'' or ''Iris sintenisii''.〔 The leaves have a helicopter-like whorl appearance.〔 It has a 7 mm (in diameter)〔 rounded stem, (not a flattened like species within ''Series Spuria''),〔 that grows up to between tall.〔〔〔〔〔 It has 3 green, lanceolate, between long and wide, large spathes (leaves of the flower bud).〔〔 The highest pair of leaves have a transparent margin,〔 and the outer spathe is keeled.〔〔 The stems hold 1 or 2 terminal (top of stem) flowers,〔 blooming in May (in the UK)〔 and between June and August (in China).〔 The (flat looking) flowers are in diameter, and come in shades of violet,〔 lilac,〔〔 or light blue.〔 It has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals, known as the 'standards'. The falls are panduriform (shaped like a fiddle),.〔〔 The first section (near the stem) is long and 0.5-0.7 cm wide.〔 It has a central white or yellow-white area and purple veining.〔〔 The oblanceolate outer section, is 1.5 cm long and 0.9 cm wide.〔〔 With a central white area and purple veining or marking.〔〔〔〔 The standards are narrow, oblanceolate, and as long as, or slightly shorter than, the falls, long and 7-8mm wide.〔〔 It has long pedicel, a short, 0.3 cm long perianth tube, 3 cm long, pinkish anthers and small, 1 cm long ovary, with 6 ribs and tapering neck.〔〔 It has long style branches, in similar colours to the standards.〔 It has bright, orange-red pollen and two stigma (looking like fangs).〔 After the iris has flowered, it produces a cylindric seed capsule, long and 1.6 cm wide, with a beaked top, between July and September.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iris farreri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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