Iris halophila is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, with yellow, white or violet flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It comes from a wide range from eastern Europe to China in Asia. It was known for a long while as a subspecies of Iris spuria, before being treated as a separate species in its own right.
Species of plant
Iris halophila
Seen in the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
It has stout, thick, purple brown rhizomes, which can be 1.3–3cm in diameter.[3][4]
Under the rhizome are thick roots.[3] The rhizome spreads along the ground in a creeping habit.[4]
It has greyish-green, linear, erect, sword-shaped, leaves.[3][4][5] That can grow up to 20–60cm (8–24in) long,[6] and 0.7–2cm wide.[3][7] The leaves do not have a mid-vein.[3]
The leaves and foliage are sometimes longer than the flowering stems.[4][8] Similar to Iris spuria, they also have the ability to produce an offensive smell, when the leaves are bruised.[5]
It has a smooth, 40–90cm (16–35in) long flowering stem.[8][9][10] It has 1–4 very short lateral branches.[3]
The stems hold 3–8 flowers,[6] 3–4 per stem, terminal (top of stem),[4][11] in early summer, between May and June.[2][3][4]
The lanceolate and membranous at the top, spathes are 5.5–9cm (2–4in) long and 2cm wide.[3][4]
It has flowers that are 5–7cm (2–3in) in diameter,[3][7] ranging in colour from white, yellowish to grey purple,[6][8] and violet.[3] It has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals), known as the 'standards'.[12] It has fiddle=shaped falls, with a narrow section between the claw (section closest to the stem) and limb or blade (outer part).[3][4] The claw is 2–3cm long and 0.5cm wide and the oblong or rounded limb is 1.5cm long and 1cm wide.[3][8] Normally, the limb bends downwards.[8] It has an erect, oblanceolate standard, which is 3.5cm long and 6–8mm wide.[3][4]
Some references mention pale to dark yellow forms with darker veining.[7][9][11] This is Iris spuria subsp. halophila (Pall.) B.Mathew & Wendelbo.[13]
It has a 1.5–3cm long pedicel, a short, 1cm long perianth tube, 3cm long stamens, yellow anthers and 3.5–4cm long ovary. The style branches (in white or yellow, depending on the petal colour) are 3.5cm long and 6mm wide.[3] They are as long as the claw of the petals.[4]
After the iris has flowered, between July and August it produces a greenish brown, ellipsoid-cylindric (shaped) seed capsule, measuring 6–9cm (2–4in) long and 2-2.5cm wide. It has ridges and beak on the top.[3][4] Normally in pairs of capsules.[4] Inside, are pyriform (pear shaped), paper-like seeds, with a glossy or wrinkled (rugose), yellowish maroon, seed coat (or testa).[3][4]
Biochemistry
As most irises are diploid, having two sets of chromosomes. This can be used to identify hybrids and classification of groupings.[12] It has been counted many times; 2n=44, 66, Lenz & Day, 1963; 2n=20, Lungeanu, 1970.[5]
2n=44, is the accepted count number.[9][10]
In 2003, a study was carried out into the chemical structure of seeds of Iris halophila, it found new chemical compounds including halophilol A and a new tetrastilbene, halophilol B.[14]
In 2007, the anti-oxidative components of the rhizome of Iris halophila were studied in Li Xiao Fei's (of Xinjiang University) Master's thesis. Several chemical compounds were found including, flavones, phenolic compounds amylose and organic acid.[15]
The salt tolerance and absorption qualities of the iris have been studied.[16]
In 2014, a study was carried out to work out the cross-breeding barriers between two Iris species, Iris halophila and Iris pseudacorus. a post-zygotic barrier was found to be the main obstacle.[18]
Taxonomy
Clump of Iris halophila, seen in Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
The Latin specific epithet halophila refers to salt loving.[19]
It had the common name of long leafed flag,[20][21][22] It is known as the salt marsh iris in Germany.[2]
It is written as 喜盐鸢尾 in Chinese script and known as xi yan yuan wei in Pinyin Chinese.[3][23]
It was first published as Iris spuria subsp. halophila,[24] by Peter Simon Pallas in 'Reise Russ. Reich.' Vol.2 page733. in 1773.[5][25]
It was then 3 years later re-published as Iris halophila by Pallas in 'Reise Russ. Reich.' Vol3 page713 in 1776.[26]
Most plant authors and botanists classed it as a subspecies of Iris spuria, including Brian Mathew in 1981 in his book 'The Iris'.[2][5]
It was still verified as Iris halophila by United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on 9 January 2003.[25]
As of February 2015, it is incorrectly listed as a synonym of Iris spuria by the RHS.[27]
Native
Iris halophila is native to a wide range of temperate regions, from western Europe to Central Asia.[24]
Range
It is found in the western European countries of Germany,[5] Romania and Ukraine.[3][7]
In the middle Asian countries of (the former Soviet Union republics of); it is found in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.[3][4] It is also found in Iran (or Persia,[8]), Pakistan and Afghanistan[10][24][3] and within the Caucasus area of Russia.[2][4][7]
It is found in west Asian countries and regions of Siberia, Mongolia and China.[2][3][24] Within China, it is found in the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Xinjiang.[3]
Habitat
Iris halophila is grown on wet grasslands or meadows, on hillsides, beside rivers and on wet salty soils or salt marshes.[3][5][7]
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