Iridaceae

Iris caucasica subsp caucasica

Iris caucasica subsp caucasica

Iris L. Iris caucasica HOFFM. subsp. caucasica HOFFM. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: kayalı yamaçlar ve dağ stepleri Minimum yükseklik: 2200 Maksimum yükseklik: 2300 Endemik: - Element: Avrupa-Sibirya Türkiye dağılımı: KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Kafkasya Bulunduğu kareler :A7 A8 A9 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 C10

I. caucasica Hoffm. in Cornm. Soc. Phys. Mosc. 1:40(1808).   Plant (8-)10-i8 cm. Bulb 1.5-2.5 cm diam. Leaves (4-)5-7, well developed at anthesis, 5-Î5 cm, (0.5-)0.8-2 cm broad at base, lanceolate, falcate, green above, markedly greyish-green below; margin white, smooth to ciliate. Stem concealed by leaves, or with intemodes just visible at anthesis, usually elongating later with clearly visible intemodes. Bract and bracteole ± equal, ventriccse, green, membranous, acuminate or long-tapering. Flowers 1-4, greenish-yellow, rarely a paie dirty bluish-green with a bluish blotch on falls; perianth tube 34-(-4.7) cm; falls (3-)3.54 cm, daw winged, (l.l-)1.5-2.5 x 1-1.8 cm, lamina elliptic, (0.9-)l.1-2 x 1-1.6 cm, rounded: crest darker yellow or orange, crenuiate; standards patent or re flexed, linear, oblanceolate to ± 3-lobed, i.3-2.5 x 0.2-0.8 cm;style branches 2.3-3.5 cm. Capsule c. 3 x 1 cm, ellipsoid; seeds c. 3 rnm. 1. Leaf margins and/or veins on underside distinctly ciliate or scabrid, especially towards apex or leaf subsp. caucasica 1. Leaf margin and/or veins on underside smooth subsp. turcica subsp. caucasica. Ic: Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 255 (1828); Recti, fil., Fl. Iranica 112: t. 6 f. 5 & t. 17 f. 3 (1975). Map 59. FL 6. Rocky slopes and mountain steppe, 2200-2300 m.   Type: [USSR] in coilibus apricis circa Tifüs, Hb. Steven (hoio. H).   N.E. Anatolia. A9 Kars: Yalnizçam Da., Yalnizçam to Ardanuç, 2300 m, D. 29649! Çoruh: Ardanuç, above Urumdesre castle, 2300 m, Güner 1430!   Caucasus. Euro.-Sib. element.