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|accepted_name=Iris orientalis
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Iris no. 9. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Spuriae;Iris orientalis
|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. Spuriae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris orientalis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 374
|treatment_page=page 394
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>sparingly short-branched, forming dense clumps, 1–1.5 cm diam., hard, with old leaf bases at nodes; roots fleshy. <b>Stems</b> slightly flattened, with 1–2 short branches, solid, 4–12 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal erect, blade with slight spiral twist and central ridge, 3.5–8 dm × 1–2 cm, stiff, harsh, fibrous, glaucous; cauline 2–3, 1–2 subtending floral clusters, blade reduced. <b>Inflorescence</b> units clustered, 2–4-flowered; spathes white, 3–5 cm, subequal, papery. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth white; floral tube funnelform, 1–2.5 cm; sepals spreading and arching downward, with large yellow basal area, broadly orbicular, 8–10 × 3–6 cm, apex rounded, deeply emarginate; petals white, spatulate, 4–6 × 1–1.5 cm, base gradually attenuate, apex emarginate; ovary triangular in cross section with 2 ribs at each angle, 2–2.5 cm; style white, with parallel sides, 4–5 cm, crests erect, triangular, 1–2 cm; stigmas 2-lobed; pedicel 2.5–7.5 cm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid to oblong-elliptic, triangular in cross section, each angle 2-ribbed, 4–5 × 2–2.5 cm. <b>Seeds</b> in 2 rows per locule, white, flattened or wedge-shaped, 4–5 mm, papery, wrinkled. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Persisting after cultivation or discarded along roadsides
|distribution=Calif.;Conn.;Mo.;expected elsewhere;Greece;Turkey.
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name=Iris orientalis
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Persisting after cultivation or discarded along roadsides
|distribution=Calif.;Conn.;Mo.;expected elsewhere;Greece;Turkey.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=
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|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Spuriae
|species=Iris orientalis
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