Washington Flora Checklist
A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Checklist » Iridaceae
Iridaceae   (Iris Family)

Notes:

Family Synonyms: (none)

Literature:
» Goldblatt, P. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of Iridaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 607–627.

Reeves, G. et al. 2001. Molecular systematics of Iridaceae: Evidence from four plastid DNA regions. Amer. J. Bot. 88: 2074–2087.

Family treatment authored by Peter F. Zika; last updated 12/27/2008 by David Giblin
 
Taxon (native species in boldface) # Synonyms Common Names
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E. Br.   [not in H&C] 0 montbretia
Crocus ×stellaris Haw.   [Not in H&C] 0 yellow crocus
Crocus tommasinianus Herb.   [Not in H&C] 0 early crocus
Crocus vernus (L.) Hill ssp. vernus    [Not in H&C] 0 spring crocus
Iris foetidissima L   [Not in H&C] 0 stinking iris
Iris germanica L.   [FNA26] 0 German iris, bearded iris
Iris missouriensis Nutt.   [FNA26, H&C] 0 western blue flag, Rocky Mountain iris
Iris pseudacorus L.   [FNA26, H&C] 0 yellow iris, pale yellow iris
Iris tenax Douglas ex Lindl.   [FNA26, H&C] 4 Oregon iris or flag, tough-leaf iris
Olsynium douglasii (A. Dietr.) E. P. Bicknell var. douglasii    [FNA26] 3 grass widows
Olsynium douglasii A. Deitr. var. inflatum (Suksd.) Cholewa & D. M. Hend. bis   [FNA26] 3 purple-eyed grass, grass widows
Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker Gawl.) Dryand.   [FNA26, H&C] 4 golden-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. idahoense    [FNA26] 4 Idaho blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. macounii (E.P. Bicknell) D.M. Hend. bis   [FNA26] 2 Macoun's blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. occidentale (E.P. Bicknell) D.M. Hend. bis   [FNA26] 2 western blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. segetum (E.P.Bicknell) D.M. Hend. bis   [FNA26] 2 prairie or cornfield blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium littorale Greene   [FNA26] 1 shore or Alaska blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium sarmentosum Suksd. ex Greene   [FNA26] 0 pale or Suksdorf's blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium septentrionale E.P. Bicknell   [FNA26] 1 northern blue-eyed grass


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