Douglas in Edward's Botanical Register table 1218, (1829)![]() |
Curtis's Botanical Magazine table 3343 (1834) ![]() |
Wal. 1916; Per. 1933; Hocker 1938; Starker 1939; |
Baker in Journal of the Linnaean Society XVI 138 (1877) and Handbook of the Irideae p.7 (1892) |
Hooker, Fl. Bor. America II p.206 |
Purdy in The Garden, p.1 Jan 1st. 1898I. TENAX, and flowered it splendidly the first season. It grows low in dense tufts usually in rather heavy land. The plants as they came to me were mixed with blue grass. The leaves were individually not over 4 inches long, although the finest herbarium specimens had leaves about 10 inches high. The one-flowered stem is 3 inches to 4 inches high, bearing a most charming little purple flower. I was delighted with it. Other plants from Central Oregon which may be the same, but the identification is imperfect, had flowers of a rich yellow, anti I was informed the colour varied from purple to pure white. |
Carrington Ley in The Garden, 1898 p.518, table 1175 |
Van T. 1900; |
Dykes, The Genus Iris 38. 1913, ![]() |
Distribution: The distribution of the species gives clues as to its cultural requirements, although plants in cultivation can often tolerate a wider range of variables: The species is found in the following region: Bonap's North American Plant Atlas shows the following map reproduced by permission of Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. Taxonomic Data Center. (http://www.bonap.net/tdc). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)]![]() |
Cultivation; |
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I.tenax01.jpg | manage | 114 K | 22 Sep 2014 - 14:29 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Weiler |
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I.tenax02.jpg | manage | 89 K | 22 Sep 2014 - 14:30 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Weiler |
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I.tenax03.jpg | manage | 67 K | 22 Sep 2014 - 14:32 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Weiler |
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I.tenax04.jpg | manage | 74 K | 22 Sep 2014 - 14:34 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Weiler |
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I.tenax05.jpg | manage | 68 K | 22 Sep 2014 - 14:36 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Weiler |
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I.tenax06.jpg | manage | 73 K | 22 Sep 2014 - 14:39 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by John Weiler |
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Iris_enaxchrysophylla01.jpg | manage | 78 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:59 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Adele and Lewis Lawyer |
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Iris_tenax-10a.jpg | manage | 77 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:15 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax |
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Iris_tenax-13a.jpg | manage | 82 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:15 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax |
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Iris_tenax-3a.jpg | manage | 75 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:13 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax |
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Iris_tenax-5a.jpg | manage | 68 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:14 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax |
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Iris_tenax-7a.jpg | manage | 78 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:14 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax |
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Iris_tenax.jpg | manage | 39 K | 21 Jul 2010 - 10:08 | Main.rivdel | Iris tenax by Stephanie Boot. Grown from seed sent from SIGNA to NZIS |
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Iris_tenax_gormanii-1a.jpg | manage | 80 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:11 | Main.ksayce | |
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Iris_tenax_gormanii-2a.jpg | manage | 79 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:12 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax_gormanii |
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Iris_tenax_gormanii-3a.jpg | manage | 77 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:13 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax_gormanii |
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Iris_tenax_gormanii-4a.jpg | manage | 80 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:13 | Main.ksayce | Iris_tenax_gormanii |
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Irisenaxchrysophylla03.jpg | manage | 62 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 19:09 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Irisenaxchrysophylla04.jpg | manage | 60 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 19:10 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Irisenaxchrysophylla05.jpg | manage | 54 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 19:12 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax01.jpg | manage | 85 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:20 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax02.jpg | manage | 69 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:21 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax03.JPG | manage | 214 K | 13 Nov 2022 - 03:06 | Main.TLaurin | Photo from the AIS Library |
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Iristenax04.jpg | manage | 71 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:24 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax05.jpg | manage | 69 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:25 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax06.jpg | manage | 65 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:27 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax07.jpg | manage | 48 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:29 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax08.jpg | manage | 52 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:30 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax09.jpg | manage | 53 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:32 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax1.jpg | manage | 54 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:33 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax2.jpg | manage | 62 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:35 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax3.jpg | manage | 57 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:45 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax4.jpg | manage | 73 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:47 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax5.jpg | manage | 54 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:49 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax6.jpg | manage | 71 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:50 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax7.jpg | manage | 72 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:52 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax8.jpg | manage | 63 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:54 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenax9.jpg | manage | 65 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 18:55 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenaxklamathensis01.jpg | manage | 90 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:15 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Iristenaxklamathensis02.jpg | manage | 96 K | 19 Sep 2014 - 16:17 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Adele and Lewis Lawyer slide collection |
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Valley_Banner-2a.jpg | manage | 76 K | 08 Jun 2011 - 21:34 | Main.ksayce | Valley_Banner |
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i-tenax-SoCoThurston4-21.jpg | manage | 358 K | 29 May 2021 - 05:32 | Main.mikeu | Photo by Mike Unser, taken Thurston Co., WA, growing wild. |
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pci-i-tenax1-10.jpg | manage | 74 K | 12 Jul 2010 - 16:22 | Main.mikeu | I. tenax by Mike Unser, grown from seed collected on the Oregon Coast |
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tenax02.JPG | manage | 737 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 16:54 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax03.JPG | manage | 787 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 16:56 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax04.JPG | manage | 671 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 16:58 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax05.JPG | manage | 841 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 16:59 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax06.JPG | manage | 1 MB | 14 Dec 2017 - 15:13 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Cascadia Iris Gardens |
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tenax07.JPG | manage | 709 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 17:03 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax08.JPG | manage | 773 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 17:04 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax09.JPG | manage | 839 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 17:06 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax10.JPG | manage | 765 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 17:08 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax11.JPG | manage | 854 K | 06 Feb 2017 - 17:10 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Glenn Corlew slide collection |
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tenax15.jpg | manage | 115 K | 17 Sep 2013 - 20:15 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Matilija Nursery |
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tenax16.jpg | manage | 88 K | 19 Sep 2013 - 17:03 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Matilija Nursery |
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tenax17.jpg | manage | 137 K | 19 Sep 2013 - 23:25 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Matilija Nursery |
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tenax4.JPG | manage | 1 MB | 14 Dec 2017 - 13:45 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Cascadia Iris Gardens |
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tenax5.JPG | manage | 1 MB | 14 Dec 2017 - 13:47 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Cascadia Iris Gardens |
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tenax_edited-1.jpg | manage | 38 K | 03 Dec 2009 - 21:18 | UnknownUser | Plate from Dykes' The Genus Iris |
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tenax_seed_200.jpg | manage | 29 K | 29 Sep 2010 - 18:30 | UnknownUser | seed |