Iris sanguinea

Iris sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Iris
Subgenus:	Iris subg. Limniris
Section:	Iris sect. Limniris
Series:	Iris ser. Sibiricae
Species:	I. sanguinea
Binomial name
Iris sanguinea Donn ex Hornem.
Synonyms[1]
Iris extremorientalis Koidz. Iris haematophylla Fisch. [Illegitimate] Iris nertschinskia Lodd. Iris nertschinskia var. pumila Makino Iris orientalis Thunb. [Illegitimate] Iris polakii Stapf Iris sanguinea f. albiflora Makino Iris sanguinea var. coronalis Y.N.Lee Iris sanguinea var. sanguinea (unknown) Iris sanguinea f. sericiflora Y.N.Lee Iris sanguinea f. tetrapetala Doronkin Iris sibirica var. orientalis (Schrank) Baker Iris sibirica var. sanguinea (Donn ex Hornem.) Ker Gawl. Limniris sanguinea (Donn ex Hornem.) Rodion. Xiphion orientale Schrank

Iris sanguinea is a rhizomatous flowering plant in the genus Iris and in the series Sibiricae. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions. It is one of the species considered a Japanese iris. It is from Asia, found between Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan and Korea. It has grey green leaves, an unbranched flowering stem and flowers in reddish-purple shades, from blue to blue-purple, red-violet, with a rare white variant.

A 2020 taxonomic revision suggests that previously distinguished taxa of Iris sanguinea and Iris sibirica bear no phylogenetic nor morphological distinction. As such, name I. sanguinea was synonymized with I. siberica.^[2]