Iris sintenisii
Iris sintenisii
Ssp sintenisii: Çatal süsen
Plant 8-25 cm. Rhizome slender, clothed with brown fibrous leaf remains. Leaves ± linear, rather rigid and closely veined, 0.3-0.5 cm broad, equalling or slightly exceeding flowers. Stem unbranched, 1-2-flowered, often slightly zigzag at nodes. Bracts and bracteoles 3.5-6 cm. Flowers violet-blue, falls prominently veined on a whitish ground; falls 3.8-4.5 cm, lamina ovateelliptic, 1.3-1.4 x 0.9-1.3 cm, narrowed to a claw 2.5-3 x0.3-0.5 cm; standards oblanceolate, 3-4 x 0.4-0.5 cm; style branches 2.6-2.8 x 0.5-0.6 cm, with recurved lobes 0.2-0.3 x 0.2-0.3 cm. o.vary with a slender beak 1-2 cm, widening abruptly into perianth tube. Capsule oblong, 1.5 x1 cm, with a slender beak to 2 cm. Fl. 6-7. Dry grassy places, in scrub or light woodland, usually on calcareous soils, 900-1350 m.
S. Italy, S.E. Europe, S.W. Russia. Euro-Sib. element.
