{"id":1327978,"date":"2012-08-06T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:13:25","slug":"iris-japonica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/iris-japonica\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris japonica (Introduced)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iris<\/i> japonica<\/i> Thunb.<\/span><\/a>, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 327 1794<\/i>. (Syn: Evansia<\/i> chinensis<\/i> (Curtis) Salisb.<\/span><\/a>; Evansia<\/i> fimbriata<\/i> (Vent.) Decne.<\/span><\/a>; Evansia<\/i> japonica<\/i> (Thunb.) Klatt<\/span><\/a>; Iris<\/i> chinensis<\/i> Curtis<\/span><\/a>; Iris<\/i> fimbriata<\/i> Vent.<\/span><\/a>; Iris<\/i> japonica<\/i> f. pallescens<\/i> P.L.Chiu & Y.T.Zhao<\/span><\/a>; Iris<\/i> squalens<\/i> Thunb.<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Moraea<\/i> fimbriata<\/i> (Vent.) Loisel.<\/span><\/a>; Xiphion<\/i> fimbriatum<\/i> (Vent.) Alef.<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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fringed iris,<\/b> butterfly flower;<\/b><\/div>\n
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China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Myanmar, Qinghai, Tibet;<\/span> Introduced into: Assam, East Himalaya, Italy, R\u00e9union, Vietnam,<\/span> West Himalaya as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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The plant is a rhizomatous perennial with sword-shaped leaves up to 60 cm long, up to cm wide, without midvein; flowers pale blue to white, 4-6 cm across, with fringed falls spotted with purple and orange crusts, up to 1.5 cm long spathe, up to 2.5 cm long pedicel and perianth tube shorter than 1.5 cm, flowers are arranged on much branched stems.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Iris japonica Thunb. from Herbal Garden, Kashmir:<\/a>
\nIris japonica<\/i><\/b> Thunb, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 327. 1794.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
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Syn: Iris chinensis<\/i> Curtis <\/span> (non Bunge); Evansia<\/i> chinensis<\/i> (Curtis) Salisb.<\/span>; Iris. fimbriata<\/i> Ventenat.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
Common name: Buuterfly-flower<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Perennial rhizomatous herb; stems up to 80 cm tall, branched; leaves sword-shaped, up to 50 cm long, glossy green on upper surface, paler beneath, midvein absent; flowering stems with 5-12 short branches; spathes 2-4 flowered; flowers 5-7 cm across; perianth tube 12-16 mm long; falls obovate or elliptic, lavender to nearly white with yellow-orange spots in center with blue blotches around the center, margin denticulate, undulate; standards spreading, oblong, 3-3.5 cm long, clawed, mauve or whitish, denticulate, undulate; style branches pale blue, fimbriate at tip; capsule ellipsoid, 3 cm long.<\/span>
\nPhotographed from Herbal Garden above Botanical Garden in Kashmir.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fringed Iris??? (28\/07\/2012-NSJ-01):<\/a>
\nFringed Iris – Whether this is also Iris japonica<\/i>.
\nPhoto taken at Gangtok<\/span>, Apr-09<\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope Iris japonica<\/i>, I had uploaded a few days back.<\/p>\n

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Flora picture of the Year- 2012- Gurcharan Singh:<\/a>
\nPresenting my flora picture of the Year 2012, Iris japonica<\/i><\/b>, the fringed iris<\/b> or butterfly flower<\/b>.<\/p>\n

I had known about several species of Iris<\/i> being grown in Kashmir to decorate graveyards and as ornamentals, and a few forming enormous meadows both in the valley (Iris lactea<\/i>, which for a long time was identified as I.ensata<\/i>) and alpine hills (I. hookeriana<\/i>).<\/span> These species were mostly possesed by me in the form of dried speciments. I missed photograhing these in previous years as they are early flowering plants, and I would miss their flowering. This year I planned an early visit to Kashmir to catch these and other similar flowers. Luckily I was able to catch almost all, but my prized click was this species which I found in gardens for the first time in Kashmir.<\/span><\/div>\n
Despite its scientific name, the plant is neither a native of Japan (rather being a native of China), nor bearing the common name Japanese iris (which belongs to Iris ensata<\/i>).<\/div>\n
The plant is a rhizomatous perennial with sword-shaped leaves up to 60 cm long, up to cm wide, without midvein; flowers pale blue to white, 4-6 cm across, with fringed falls spotted with purple and orange crusts, up to 1.5 cm long spathe, up to 2.5 cm long pedicel and perianth tube shorter than 1.5 cm, flowers are arranged on much branched stems.<\/span><\/div>\n
Photographed from Botanical Garden<\/span> below Cheshma Shahi in Kashmir.
\n<\/span>The species has been <\/span>widely cultivated in different parts of the world <\/span>and has been given ‘Award of Garden Merit’ by Royal Horticultural Society.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Superb photograph and interesting write up.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for including one of the most beautiful Iris species as your picture of 2012.
\nI have added this to Flora Picture2012<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Very fine picture! This Iris has developed beautiful nectar guides. Thank you sir for showing this to us.<\/p>\n

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Identify please<\/a>\u00a0: 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)
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I think some Iris<\/i><\/span><\/a> species.
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Thanks … Closely resembles to Iris japonica<\/i><\/p>\n

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Please check for Iris japonica<\/i> Thunb.<\/p>\n

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Pretty flower, well captured;
\nThe place must be full of leeches in July- suffered my first leech bites here.
\nAgree with id – good habitat match.<\/p>\n

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\nIris japonica Thunb.<\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span> – around 600 kb each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Location<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Godawari Botanical Garden<\/span>, Nepal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Elevation :\u00a0 5000 ft.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Date : 15 January 2014<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Date: 04 April 2022
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Iris japonica Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 327 1794. (Syn: Evansia chinensis (Curtis) Salisb.; Evansia fimbriata (Vent.) Decne.; Evansia japonica (Thunb.) Klatt; Iris chinensis Curtis; Iris fimbriata Vent.; Iris japonica f. pallescens P.L.Chiu & Y.T.Zhao; Iris squalens Thunb. [Illegitimate]; Moraea fimbriata (Vent.) Loisel.; Xiphion fimbriatum (Vent.) Alef.); . fringed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6519],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1327978","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-iris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1327978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1327978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1327978"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1327978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}