Iris pallida Lam., 1789

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Sweet Iris
• 🇫🇷 Iris pâle

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Monocots
• Order: Asparagales
• Family: Iridaceae
• Subfamily: Iridoideae
• Tribe: Irideae
• Genus: Iris
• Species: Iris pallida

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• I. pallida subsp. cengialti (Ambrosi ex A.Kern.) Foster, 1886;
• I. pallida subsp. illyrica (Tomm. ex Vis.) K.Richt., 1890;
• I. pallida subsp. pallida Lam., 1789, I.

Hybridize with I. variegata L., 1753 to produce I. × germanica L., 1753, I.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 141). Biotope.