Iris hexagona - Wikipedia
Iris hexagona, commonly known as the Dixie iris, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series hexagonae. It is a rhizomatous perennial with long bright green leaves, long thin stem and has small groups of flowers in shades of blue, from violet, to bluish purple, to lavender.
Louisiana Irises - Iris hexagona - US Forest Service
Iris hexagona var. savannarum has light lavender blue to deep purple flowers and rarely occurs as a white form. The sepals are widely spreading and arching downward, the apex acute, the signal is a rich yellow stripe or spot on the central ridge.
Iris hexagona - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Iris hexagona, commonly called Dixie iris or Carolina iris, is a rhizomatous perennial native to coastal plains, swamps, marshes, bayous, damp hillsides, ditches, riversides, slow-moving streams and areas of shallow water in the southeastern U.S. ranging from South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. It typically grows to 3-4’ tall with a ...
Iris hexagona - USDA Plants Database
Dixie iris Classification Kingdom Plantae - Plants: Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants: Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plants: Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants: Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons: Subclass Liliidae: Order Liliales: Family
Iris hexagona - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Delicate 3" lavender to blue sometimes white flowers with 3 short, upright standards, 3 spreading, pendant falls, and yellow signals instead of beards. Knife-like, narrow, to 3 feet long and 1.25 inches wide basal leaves that arise from rhizomes.
Iris hexagona (Dixie Iris) - Gardenia
Iris hexagona (Dixie Iris) is a rhizomatous perennial boasting delicate blue to violet (rarely white) flowers, 3.5 in. (9 cm), in mid to late spring. The mildly fragrant flowers feature three smaller and narrower standards (petals) than the three widely spreading and arching falls (sepals).
L0UISIANA IRIS NURSERY - Home
The first plant we feature is the authentic Native Louisiana Iris, these well-known purple irises include the Dixie iris (Iris hexagona), the ZigZag iris (Iris brevicaulis) and the Giant Blue iris (Iris giganticaerulea). These irses are sold in random fashion like they were in their habitat.
Louisiana iris - Wikipedia
Louisiana iris is a taxonomic group (Iris ser. Hexagonae) of five iris species native to Louisiana and surrounding regions of the southeastern United States: Iris fulva, Iris hexagona, Iris brevicaulis, Iris giganticaerulea, and Iris nelsonii.
Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Hexagonae - FNA
Series Hexagonae has had a long and interesting taxonomic history, yet is still one of the most confusing and controversial groups of North American irises. Iris hexagona, I. fulva, and I. brevicaulis were the only ones of the series described prior to 1924, when J. K. Small began to study the group along the eastern and Gulf coasts.
Louisiana Iris Species - Hexagona
Iris hexagona is the oldest recognized species in the Louisiana iris group (Hexagonae), having been named by Walter in 1788 based upon specimens found in South Carolina. Like other irises in the Louisiana series, I. hexagona inhabits wet spots.