Galax-Jeffersonia

Distribution: area from Bhutan to Pakistan, 1200-4700 m above sea level; rocky slopes, banks.

 

Perennial up to 10 cm tall, tuft or mat-forming. Leaves obovate, 0.5-1 cm long. Flowers ca. 10 mm diameter, in clusters, white, with purple lines in center. Fl. V-VII.

Distribution: europaean mountains -  from NE Spain through Italy to formerly Yugoslavia, 1400-3000 m above sea level, acid grasslands, stony areas, bogs.

Perennial mat- or low hummock-forming, up to 30 cm diameter. Leaves 3-5 cm long, evergreen, in rosettes, lanceolate to elliptic, sometimes obovate. Flowering stems 2-8 cm long. Flowers solitary at stem apex, erect, 40-70 mm long, trumpet-shaped, deep blue, green-spotted within, with spreading at apex petals. Fl. V-VI.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: Gebirge von Europa - von NE Spanien über Italien nach ehemaligen Jugoslawien, 1400-3000 m über dem Meeresspiegel; sauere Wiesen, steinigen Gebieten, Mooren.

 

Matten- oder niedrige Hügel bildende Staude bis 30 cm Durchmesser. Blätter 3-5 cm lang, immergrün, in Rosetten, lanzettlich bis elliptisch, manchmal verkehrt eiförmig. Blütenstiele 2-8 cm lang. Blüten einzeln an Stammspitze, aufrecht, 40-70 mm lang, trompetenförmig, tiefblau, grün gefleckt. Blütezeit V-VI.

Distribution: SC United States, in New Mexico, 2700-3200 m above sea level; canyons and mountain slopes. 

Tufted perennial, subacaulescent. Flowering stems 7-15 cm long, erect. Leaf blades orbiculate, deeply 5-lobed. Inflorescence dense, structured from racemes. Flowers with reddish or dark rose, campanulate hypanthium, dark reddish at apex sepals and spreading, pink, 2-2.5 mm long petals. Fl. VI-VII.

(syn. Iris cristata subsp. lacustris)

Dwarf lake iris

Distribution: SE Canada (Ontario), NE USA (Michigan, Wisconsin); moist, sandy gravel, limestone shores of lakes. 

Stems 1-4 cm high, unbranched. Basal leaves 4-6 cm long, 0.6-0.8 cm wide, linear, slightly falcate, enlarging during fruiting. Inflorescence units 1(2)-flowered. Flowers: floral tube 1-2 cm long, funnelform, dull yellow; perianth sky blue, sepals 20–23 mm long, 8 mm wide, with claw at base, with white blotch with deep violet margin, with 3 yellow and white, toothed, low ridges; petals shorter and narrower than sepals. Fl. V.

Distribution: Bulgaria, Romania, formerly Yugoslavia, Greece; grassy places, among shrubs.

Perennial 15-30 cm high, clump-forming. Leaves 1-1.5 cm broad, falcate. Inflorescence 1-2-flowered. Flowers up to 65 mm across; perianth yellow. Fl. Spring. Very good clone.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: Bulgarien, Rumänien, ehemalige Jugoslawien, Griechenland: grasbewachsene Plätzen, unter Sträuchern. 

 

Staude 15-30 cm hoch, buschig. Blätter 1 bis 1,5 cm breit, sichelförmig. Blütenstand 1-2-blütig. Blumen bis zu 65 mm Durchmesser, gelb. Blütezeit Frühling. Sehr guter Klon.

Distribution: mountains of SW Europe.

Perennial ca. 2-4 cm tall. Main stems woody with age. Leaves 1-2 cm long, evergreen. Flowering stems short. Inflorescence heads 1-2 cm across. Flowers blue. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: C, S Europe, W Turkey; slopes, limestone cliffs.

Evergreen perennial 5-12 cm high, woody at base. Flowers in heads 1-2 cm diameter, blue. Fl. Summer.

 

Verbreitung: C, S Europe, W Türkei; Pisten, Kalksteinfelsen.

Immergrüne Staude 5-12 cm hoch, holzig an der Basis. Blüten in den Köpfen 1-2 cm Durchmesser, blau. Fl. Sommer.

Distribution: N Peloponnese; dry slopes.

Shrublet mat-forming. Main stems prostrate, flowering stems short. Leaves in rosettes. Flowers blue, in heads 1.5-3 cm diameter. Fl. summer.

 

Verbreitung: N Peloponnes; trockene Hänge.

 

Mattenbildender Strauch. Hauptstämme kriechend, Blütenstängel kurz. Blätter in Rosetten. Blüten blau, in den Köpfen von 1,5 bis 3 cm Durchmesser. Bl. Sommer.

Syn. I. pumila subsp. taurica

Distribution: North Caucasus, Crimea, Volga region.

 

Perennial 13-18 cm tall. Flowering stems unbranched. Flowers white, yellow, blue, pinkish, violet. Fl. spring. 

Perennial 8-15 cm in tall. Flowers 40-60 mm long, white, with dark green spots in throat. Fl. V-VI.