射干 Iris domestica

  • Scientific Name: Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.
  • Ref: Novon 15:129. 2005
  • Synonyms:
    • Belamcanda chinensis (L.) Redouté
    • B. chinensis var. taiwanensis S.S.Ying
    • B. flabellata Grey
    • B. pampaninii H.Lév.
    • B. punctata Moench
    • Bermudiana guttata Stokes
    • Epidendrum domesticum L.
    • Ferraria crocea Salisb.
    • Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze
    • Ixia chinensis L.
    • I. ensifolia Noronha
    • Moraea chinensis (L.) Thunb.
    • M. guttata (Stokes) Stokes
    • Pardanthus chinensis (L.) Ker Gawl.
    • P. nepalensis Sweet
    • P. sinensis Van Houtte
    • Vanilla domestica (L.) Druce
  • English Common Name: leopard lily, leopard flower, blackberry lily
  • Chinese Common Name: 射干 shègān/yègān, 绞剪草 jiǎojiǎn∙cǎo, 野萱花 yě∙xuānhuā
  • Japanese Common Name: ヒオウギ [檜扇] hiōgi
  • Family: Iridaceae
  • Genus: Iris
  • Distribution: Near sea level to 2200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, Vietnam, and probably elsewhere in SE Asia].
  • Photo:06/26/2019, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zhejiang
  • Note: In Chinese, the common name means its stalk and flower look like a decorated rod holded by the archery master (more etiquette than defense). 射 (archery shooting) is pronounced as shè, while the person in charge of shooting ceremony used to be called 射人 yèrén or 仆射 púyè.
Rhizome pale brown. Stems 1--1.5 m. Leaves 20--60 × 2--4 cm, midvein obscure, apex acuminate. Flowers reddish orange with dark spots, 3--4 cm in diam.; pedicel slender, ca. 1.5 cm. Outer perianth segments obovate or elliptic, ca. 2.5 × 1 cm, base cuneate, apex obtuse. Stamens 1.8--2 cm. Style equaling perianth segments, lobes spreading. Capsule 2.5--3 × 1.5--2.5 cm, apex not beaked. Seeds ca. 5 mm in diam. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Jul--Sep. 2 n = (16, 27), 32. (Flora of China)

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