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Iris maackii (yellow iris; yellow flag)

Synonyms: Iris pseudacorus var. mandshurica; Limniris maackii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Iris maackii is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Limniris and in the Iris series Laevigatae. It is a rhizomatous perennial. It was first published (and described) by Karl Maximovich in 'Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg' in 1880. It was published as 'Limniris maackii' in 'Botanicheskii Zhurnal' (Moscow & Leningrad) on 18 Apr 2007. But this was classed as a synonym of 'Iris maackii'. Whose name was accepted by Nina Alexeyeva in her book of 2008 'Genus Iris L.', written in Russian and published in Turczaninowia (journal).
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The leaves, and especially the rhizomes, of this species contain an irritating resinous substance called irisin. If ingested this can cause severe gastric disturbances; Plants can cause skin irritations and allergies in some people;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees, Hoverflies
Scent [2]  A delicately scented essential oil is obtained from the dried roots.
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [2]  A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers; A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate; It is brown otherwise; The root is a source of tannin; A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus;
Height [2]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Width [2]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Wet
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0