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|accepted_name=Iris tenuissima
|accepted_authority=Dykes
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Chron., ser.
|place=3, 51: 18. 1912
|year=1912
}}
|common_names=Long-tube iris
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris citrina
|authority=Eastwood
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris humboldtiana
|authority=Eastwood
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris tenuissima subsp. purdyiformis
|authority=(R. C. Foster) L. W. Lenz
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris tenuissima var. purdyiformis
|authority=R. C. Foster
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Californicae;Iris tenuissima
|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. Californicae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris tenuissima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 374, 384, 385
|treatment_page=page 386
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>freely branching, producing dense clumps, slender, 0.5–0.7 cm diam., covered with bases of old leaves; roots fibrous. <b>Stems</b> simple, solid, 2–3 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal with blade sometimes pink to red basally, finely ribbed, linear, 3–3.5 dm × 0.5 cm, subglaucous, margins not thickened, apex acute; cauline 1–3, imbricated, mostly free, bractlike, blade linear-lanceolate, inflated. <b>Inflorescence</b> units (1–)2-flowered; spathes often flushed with pink or red, lanceolate, 4–8 cm × 5–10 mm, subequal or unequal and inner somewhat longer than outer, rigid, apex acuminate. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth pale cream with distinct veins of lavender, reddish brown, or brown, margins often distinctly crisped; floral tube funnelform, 3–5.8 cm, slender, then expanding abruptly to base of flower; sepals spreading outward from base and remaining in horizontal position for entire length, narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4–6.5 × 1.1–1.8 cm, base attenuate into long claw; petals somewhat spreading, not strictly erect, 4.5–6.5 × 0.6–1.4 cm, base gradually attenuate; ovary 1–2 cm, gradually tapering to each end; style 2–3 cm, crests linear, undulate near tip, 1–2.5 cm; stigmas triangular; pedicel 0.8–1.8 cm at anthesis. <b>Capsules</b> oblong, round in cross section, 3–4 cm, base abruptly attenuate into pedicel, apex gradually acuminate into distinct beak apically. <b>Seeds</b> grayish brown, pyriform to oval, 3 mm, wrinkled. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Dry, sunny woods
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Iris tenuissima</i> hybridizes with <i>I. chrysophylla</i>, <i>I. douglasiana</i>, <i>I. hartwegii</i>, <i>I. macrosiphon</i>, <i>I. purdyi</i>, and <i>I. tenax</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Iris tenuissima
|authority=Dykes
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Iris citrina;Iris humboldtiana;Iris tenuissima subsp. purdyiformis;Iris tenuissima var. purdyiformis
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Dry, sunny woods
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Chron., ser.
|publication year=1912
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_790.xml
|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Californicae
|species=Iris tenuissima
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