Iris tuberosa

Quality 0.50 · 0 views · Updated 2 months ago

Species of flowering plant

title: "Iris tuberosa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["iris-(plant)"] description: "Species of flowering plant" topic_path: "general/iris-plant" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_tuberosa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of flowering plant ::

|image = Hermodactylus tuberosus.jpg |image_caption = |genus = Iris |display_parents = 2 |parent = Iris sect. Reticulatae |species = tuberosa |authority = L. |synonyms = '*Synonyms of *Iris tuberosa'''''

  • Hermodactylus tuberosus (L.) Mill. '*Synonyms of Iris tuberosa var. *tuberosa'''''
  • Hermodactylus bispathaceus Sweet
  • Hermodactylus calatajeronensis Tod. ex Lojac.
  • Hermodactylus repens Sweet
  • Hermodactylus zambranii Lojac.
  • Iris bispathacea (Sweet) Spach Synonyms of Iris tuberosa var. longifolia (Sweet) ined.
  • Hermodactylus longifolius Sweet
  • Hermodactylus tuberosus subsp. longifolius (Sweet) K.Richt.
  • Iris longifolia (Sweet) Spach |synonyms_ref = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Hermodactylus_tuberosus_2.jpg" caption="''Iris tuberosa''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Hermodactylus_tuberosus_3.JPG" caption="''Iris tuberosa''"] ::

Iris tuberosa (formerly Hermodactylus tuberosus) is a species of tuberous flowering plant of the genus Iris, with the common names snake's-head, snake's-head iris, widow iris, black iris, or velvet flower-de-luce.

Distribution

A native of the Mediterranean region, it is found in the northern Mediterranean littoral and western Europe.

It can be found in Albania, France, Greece, and Italy.

Cultivation

It is grown from tubers planted in the autumn. It grows best in full sun to partial shade, and requires well-drained soil. It can naturalise in grassy areas but grows well in rock gardens or containers. It is a common ornamental garden plant, flowering in early spring. It is rather tender in the UK.

Taxonomic history

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Curtis's_botanical_magazine_(No.531)(8413259511).jpg" caption="Illustration from 1801"] ::

After being split off from the genus Iris in the nineteenth century into a separate genus, Hermodactylus, it has most recently been returned to the genus Iris, following molecular studies at Kew. According to the proposed molecular classification of irises of Tillie, Chase and Hall, this species is now best seen as a member of the subgenus Hermodactyloides, the reticulate-bulbed bulbous irises.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. [http://data.gbif.org/species/15525125 GBIF: Hermodactylus tuberosus]
  2. "''Iris tuberosa'' var. ''longifolia'' (Sweet) ined.".
  3. "''Iris tuberosa'' var. ''tuberosa''".
  4. Thomas Ignatius M. Forster (1828){{Google books. F2K4iE_VTC0C. Circle of the seasons, and perpetual key to the calendar and almanack
  5. {{BSBI 2007
  6. "Plants Profile - Hermodactylus tuberosus (L.) Salisb. (Iridaceae) - Bellavedova - Widow Iris".
  7. "Iris tuberosa L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science".
  8. [http://www.paghat.com/snakeheadiris.html Paghat's Garden Paghat's Garden: Snake's-head or Widow Iris]
  9. Caledonian Horticultural Society, Edinburgh {{Google books. cOxHAAAAYAAJ. Memoirs, Volume 3 (1823)
  10. [http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/iris/genus.html David Joyce: The Genus ''Iris'']
  11. [http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Hermodactylus Pacific Bulb Society]
  12. "''Is It Clear, My Friend?''". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
  13. [http://www.rspi.uniroma1.it/index.php/Annalidibotanica/article/download/9068/9008 Tillie N, Chase MW, Hall T. 2002 Molecular studies in the genus Iris L.: a preliminary study. Ann. Bot. n.s. (Italy) 1. (2): 105–112 (2001)]

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

iris-(plant)