Yutang, Z., Noltie, H.J. & Mathew, B. (2000). Flora of China 24: 297-313. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.Iris narcissiflora Diels, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 18: 428. 1924.水仙花鸢尾 shui xian hua yuan weiRhizomes very short, producing slender stolons. Leaves linear, 12--25 cm × 2--3 mm, midvein absent, apex obtuse or acute. Flowering stems simple, 20--30 cm, slender; spathes 2, purple, lanceolate, 2.5--3.3 × ca. 1.2 cm, rigid, 1-flowered. Flowers sessile, yellow, flat, 5--5.5 cm in diam. Perianth tube 3--4 mm; outer segments spreading horizontally, elliptic or obovate, ca. 3.5 × 2.5 cm, beard narrow, sparse; inner segments spreading horizontally, narrowly ovate, 2.8--3 × ca. 1.6 cm. Stamens ca. 1.3 cm. Ovary ca. 1.5 cm. Style branches spreading, ca. 1.5 cm × 8 mm; terminal lobes irregularly toothed. Fl. Apr--May, fr. Jun--Aug.*Open places in forests, forest margins, hillside grasslands. Sichuan. |