Miscellaneous Iris of the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

Photographed by Ken Walker


This page contains several types of iris were the number of varieties of each type is too small to justify a page of its own.

Iris decora
 Iris decora. synonym: I. nepalensis. Native to the Himalayas: Nepal, Sikkim, Buthan, and southwest China.
Photo: Ken Walker, 13 June 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/1700 sec. F4.0
Iris ensata spontanea
 Iris ensata spontanea. synonym: I. kaempferi. This is a wild form of the Japanese iris. It is native to Japan, Korea, China, and parts of Siberia.
Photo: Ken Walker, 28 May 2000, Sony DSC-D700, 1/60 sec. F5.2
Iris foetidissima, blue
 Iris foetidissima. Native to Europe and north Africa.
Photo: Ken Walker, 26 June 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/150 sec. F3.1
Iris foetidissima, yellow
 Photo: Ken Walker, 13 June 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/75 sec. F2.6

Iris foetidissima seeds
 Iris foeditissima is distiguished by is orange seeds that remain in the seed pod after it splits open.
Photo: Ken Walker, 13 November 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/250 sec. F3.4
Iris fulva
 Iris fulva. This is one of the ancestors of the Louisiana hybrids. It is native to the southern United States and the Mississiipppi valley.
Photo: Ken Walker, 30 May 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/210 sec. F3.7
Iris laevigata, purple
 Iris laevigata. This is a relative of the I. ensata. It is native to eastern Siberia with its range extending into China, Korea, and Japan. This purple form bloomed profusely in the spring of 1999 and had another blossom stalk in the fall, as photographed here.
Photo: Ken Walker, 13 November 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/60 sec. F3.4
Iris laevigata, white
 Photo: Ken Walker, 2 May 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/610 sec. F2.6
Iris longipetala, Marin County
 Iris longipetala, synonym: I. missouriensis longipetala. This is a California native, but it is classified in a different taxonmic series from the Pacific coast iris.
Photo: Ken Walker, 18 April 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/720 sec. F3.1
Iris longipetala, Marin County
 Photo: Ken Walker, 2 May 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/610 sec. F2.6
Iris missouriensis
 Iris missouriensis. Native to the western United States.
Photo: Ken Walker, 13 June 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/1700 sec. F3.1
Iris prismatica
 Iris prismatica. Native to the eastern United States.
Photo: Ken Walker, 30 May 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/250 sec. F3.4
Iris pseudocorus
 Iris pseudocorus. It is native to Europe with its range extending into Asia and northern Africa. It has been naturalized in many parts of the world.
Photo: Ken Walker, 30 May 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/500 sec. F3.7
Iris unguicularis
 Iris unguicularis. Native to the northern Africa, the Middle East, and south-east Europe. It is known as the winter iris because it blooms during the winter rainy season.
Photo: Ken Walker, 13 November 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/75 sec. F3.1
Iris versicolor
 Iris versicolor. Native to southeastern Canada and northeastern United States.
Photo: Ken Walker, 30 May 1999, Sony DSC-D700, 1/300 sec. F3.7
 Copyright 1999 Kenneth Walker
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