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Prairie Iris
''Iris savannarum'' is a species in the genus ''Iris'', it is also in the subgenus '' Limniris'' and the series '' Hexagonae''. It is a rhizomatous perennial. It has the common name of prairie iris.Robert Wildermuth, David P. Powell It was published by Small in Addisonia (Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants. New York, NY) in 1925. It was later classified by various Iris authors (including R. C. Foster, 'Contributor to Gray Herberium'. 119: 3–82. 1937) as a variety of ''Iris hexagona'', and called ''Iris hexagona var. savannarum''. It was listed in 'The Iridaceae of North America database' (version 2010) and 'The PLANTS Database' (in 1996 and 2000), as 'Iris hexagona var. savannarum' and in the 'Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida'. In 2002, Henderson re-classified both of Small's species '' Iris giganticaerulea'' (located in coastal Alabama to Louisiana) and Iris savannarum (located in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida) as distinct species. Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kunkel Small
John Kunkel Small (January 31, 1869 – January 20, 1938) was an American botanist. He studied plants in the southeastern United States and wrote a book about the deterioration of habitats in Florida. Early life and education Small was born on January 31, 1869, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied botany at Franklin & Marshall College, receiving his Bachelor's degree in 1892. Then he studied at Columbia University, where he earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1895 and a doctorate in science in 1912. Career After his first graduation in 1895, he became a special agent for the Georgia Geological Survey. Then, returning to Columbia University, he became the first Curator of Museums at the New York Botanical Garden, a post at which he served from 1898 until 1906. It was mainly at that time of his life when he issued several exsiccata, exsiccatae, among others the series ''Mosses of the Southern United States, distributed from the Herbarium of Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Fulva
''Iris fulva'', also known as copper iris, is a species in the genus ''Iris (plant), Iris'', it is also in the subgenus ''Iris subg. Limniris, Limniris'' and in the series ''Louisiana iris, Hexagonae''. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, perennial, endemic to the southern and central United States. It has copper-red to deep red flowers and bright green leaves. Description ''Iris fulva'' has slender greenish-brown rhizome (or occasionally red,) that has the (ring-like) scars of old leaves (from previous seasons). They are approximately 1.5–2 cm in diameter, shallow rooted with fibrous roots underneath and can form many branches. Which eventually spread out to create large clumps around 1–2 feet wide. It grows new leaves early in the autumn, which can pass through the winter into the spring. This means that the plant is generally only leafless around August time. The leaves are bright green, blade-like (meaning long and narrow), lightly ribbed (parallel to the stem) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
