• Scientific Name: Iris sanguinea Hornem.
• Ref: Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1:58. 1813
• Synonym: Limniris sanguinea (Hornem.) Rodion.
• English Common Name: blood iris, blood-red iris
• Chinese Common Name: 溪荪 xīsūn, 东方鸢尾 dōngfāng yuānwěi
• Japanese Common Name: アヤメ [菖蒲/文目/綾目] ayame
• Family: Iridaceae
• Genus: Iris
• Distribution: Damp meadows, sunny pond banks, mountain stream banks, hillsides; ca. 500 m. Heilongjiang, S Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol [Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia].
• Photo: 07/15/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin

Rhizomes creeping, thick. Leaves linear, 20--60 cm × 5--13 mm, midvein obscure. Flowering stems sometimes with a short branch, 40--60 cm, solid, 1- or 2-leaved; spathes 3, green, often reddish at base, lanceolate, 5--7 × ca. 1 cm, 2-flowered, apex acuminate. Flowers bluish violet or white, 6--7 cm in diam. Perianth tube 8--10 mm; outer segments obovate, claw with conspicuous, brown reticulate pattern on yellow background; inner segments erect, narrowly obovate, 4--5 × ca. 1.5 cm. Filaments white, ca. 3 cm; anthers yellow. Ovary 1.5--2 cm × 3--4 mm. Style branches ca. 3.5 cm × 5 mm. Capsule ellipsoid-cylindric, 3.5--5 × 1.2--1.5 cm, 3-angled; fruiting pedicels equal, long. Fl. May--Jun, fr. Jul--Sep. (Flora of China)

07/15/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin

Mimicry on Iris sanguinea, 07/15/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin