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|accepted_name=Iris longipetala
|accepted_authority=Herbert in W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy.,
|place=395. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|common_names=Long-petaled iris
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Longipetalae;Iris longipetala
|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. Longipetalae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris longipetala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 374
|treatment_page=page 389
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>with short, creeping branches, stout, 2–2.5 cm diam., covered with bases of old leaves; roots numerous, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> simple or 1–2-branched, solid, 3–6 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal persistent, blade dark green, turning gray or yellow-brown when drying, veins not prominent, linear, 4–7 dm × 0.6–1 cm, usually longer than stem, glaucous or subglaucous, apex acute; cauline 2–3, reduced. <b>Inflorescence</b> units 3–6-flowered; spathes distant, inner sometimes 10 cm distal to outer, green, narrowly linear-lanceolate, 8–15 cm × 20–40 mm, herbaceous, margins and apex scarious. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth pale blue-violet or nearly white, with lilac-purple veins; floral tube funnelform, 0.5–1.3 cm; sepals spreading, then drooping at apex, white, flecked and veined with violet, obovate, 8–10 × 3–5 cm, base attenuate into narrow claw with prominent yellow ridge, signal a yellowish basal patch; petals semierect, oblong, 8–9 × 1.5–2 cm, base gradually attenuate, apex emarginate, bluntly rounded; ovary trigonal with central ridge in each face, 2–5 cm; style narrow basally, widening distally, 3.5–4 × 0.6–1 cm, crests overlapping basally, subquadrate, 1–1.5 cm, margins incised; stigmas obscurely to prominently 2-lobed, margins crenate; pedicels stout, 3–9 cm, unequal at anthesis, becoming ± equal at maturity. <b>Capsules</b> 6-ribbed, oblong-ovoid, tapering to either end, almost round in cross section, 8–9 cm. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, globular, wrinkled. <b>2n</b> = 86, 88.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Wet, heavy soil along coast
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Iris longipetala</i> hybridizes with <i>I. missouriensis</i> and is found from Mendocino County south to Monterey.</p>
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name=Iris longipetala
|author=
|authority=Herbert in W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Wet, heavy soil along coast
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy.,
|publication year=1840
|special status=
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|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Longipetalae
|species=Iris longipetala
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