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Beauty of It AllOur Native Irises: Pacific Coast IrisesIris munzii: Munz's IrisMunz’s Iris is endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare County, California.
Iris munzii flowers are pale blue to lavender to purple. The sepals are moderately upright and then arching downward with prominent deep yellow, blue to purple to violet veins. The petals are upright and slightly spreading, shorter and narrower than the sepals, similar in coloration. The inflorescence has two to four flowers. The flowering stalk is much longer than the attending leaves. The leaves are green to grayish green upright, slightly reflexed, and basal with a green base, from branching rhizomes with fibrous roots occurring in large clumps.
Iris munzii is found growing in shady openings in blue oak woodlands. Conservation ConcernIris munzii is ranked as imperiled (G2): 6 to 20 populations or 1,000 to 3,000 individuals or 2,000 to 10,000 acres. For More Information |
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