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|accepted_name=Iris sibirica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 39. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Siberian iris
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Sibirica;Iris sibirica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Iris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Iris subg. Limniris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Iris sect. Limniris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Sibirica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris sibirica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 382
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>compact, freely branching, forming dense clumps, 0.9–1.2 cm diam., covered with remnants of old leaves. <b>Stems</b> simple or 1–3-branched, hollow, 6–12 dm. <b>Leaves</b> dying back in winter, blade dark green, often tinged pink at base, 4–8 dm × 0.4–0.6 cm. <b>Inflorescence</b> units 3–5-flowered, lateral units 2–3-flowered; spathes brown, to 4 cm, narrow, papery, apex acute. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth light to dark blue-violet to white; floral tube with indistinct ribs, circular, ca. 1 cm; sepals flaring or curving downward apically, widely orbiculate, 5–7 × 2–2.5 cm, base abruptly attenuate into claw with two narrow flanges basally, signal white, semicircular, with dark violet veins basally; petals erect, narrowly elliptic-obovate, 4.5–5.5 × 1.5–1.8 cm; ovary roundly triangular, spindle-shaped, 1.5–2 cm; style pale blue, bluntly keeled, 4–5 cm, crests overlapping, triangular, margins crenate; stigmas tonguelike projections, triangular; pedicel 1–15 cm, unequal, later flowers in each spathe with longer pedicel. <b>Capsules</b> roundly triangular with low ridges at angles, 3–4.5 × 1–1.3 cm, smooth, apex with extremely short tip, opening only in upper 1/4–1/3 of capsule. <b>Seeds</b> in 2 rows per locule, dark brown, D-shaped, flattened, 5 × 3 mm, slightly roughened by small, rounded protuberances. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Widely cultivated, found along roadsides
|distribution=Ont.;Calif.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;expected elsewhere;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Many forms of <i>Iris sibirica</i> have been cultivated widely across North America, where it is quite hardy and persistent.</p>
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name=Iris sibirica
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Widely cultivated, found along roadsides
|distribution=Ont.;Calif.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;expected elsewhere;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Sibirica
|species=Iris sibirica
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