Iridaceae
Stool iris
Iris aphylla
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (11)
- Bulgarian
- Безлистна перуника
- Chinese
- 无叶鸢尾
- Czech
- Kosatec bezlistý, Kosatec bezlistý pravý
- English
- Stool iris, Leafless iris, Table iris
- Finnish
- Viittakurjenmiekka
- German
- Nacktstängel-Schwertlilie
- hsb
- Lěsna škleńčica
- Hungarian
- Magyar nőszirom
- Polish
- Kosaciec bezlistny
- Russian
- Касатик безлистный
- Ukrainian
- Півники угорські
Synonyms
- Iris aphylla f. iulitae Pînzaru
- Iris aphylla f. major (Zapał.) Soó
- Iris aphylla subsp. bohemica (F.W.Schmidt) Dostál
- Iris aphylla subsp. dacica (Beldie) Soó
- Iris aphylla subsp. fieberi (Seidl) Dostál
- Iris aphylla subsp. hungarica Waldst. & Kit.
- Iris aphylla subsp. nudicaulis (Lam.) O.Schwarz
- Iris aphylla subsp. polonica (Blocki ex Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
- Iris aphylla var. hungarica (Waldst. & Kit.) D.Dubovik
- Iris aphylla var. polonica Blocki ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Iris biflora L.
- Iris bifurca Steven ex Baker
- Iris bisflorens Host
- Iris bohemica F.W.Schmidt
- Iris breviscapa Opiz
- Iris clusiana Tausch
- Iris dacica Beldie
- Iris diantha K.Koch
- Iris diantha C.Koch
- Iris duerinckii Buckley
- Iris extrafoliacea J.C.Mikan ex Pohl
- Iris falcata Tausch
- Iris fieberi Seidl
- Iris furcata var. diantha (K.Koch) Grossh.
- Iris hungarica Waldst. & Kit.
- Iris hungarica f. minor Simonk.
- Iris hungarica subsp. dacica (Beldie) Prodan
- Iris hungarica var. subtriflora (Fieber ex Klatt) Nyman
- Iris melzeri Prodan
- Iris nudicaulis Lam.
- Iris nudicaulis subsp. fieberi (Seidl) Nyman
- Iris nudicaulis subvar. falcata (Tausch) Nyman
- Iris nudicaulis unranked major Zapał.
- Iris nudicaulis var. clusiana (Tausch) Nyman
- Iris polonica Fomin & Bordz.
- Iris reflexa Berg
- Iris rigida Sieber ex Klatt
- Iris rupestris Salisb.
- Iris schmidtii Baker
- Iris subtriflora Fieber ex Klatt
and 2 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Vasily Moryashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Maugé, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mokadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.