Iridaceae
Japanese iris
Iris ensata
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- ايريس انساتا
- Chinese
- 玉蝉花, 玉蟬花, 紫花鸢尾, 东北鸢尾, 扁蒲扇, 玉蝉花*(马蔺）, 花菖蒲
- Czech
- Kosatec Kaempferův
- Dutch
- Japanse iris
- English
- Japanese iris
- German
- Japanische Sumpf-Schwertlilie
- Japanese
- ノハナショウブ（広義）, ノハナショウブ
- Korean
- 꽃창포
- Persian
- زنبق آبی ژاپنی
- Russian
- Ирис мечевидный
- Slovenian
- Japonska perunika, Japonski iris
- Vietnamese
- Xương bồ, Ayame, Diên vĩ Nhật Bản
- Welsh
- Gellesgen Japan
Synonyms
- Iris ensata f. alba Y.N.Lee
- Iris ensata var. hortensis (Maxim.) Makino & Nemoto
- Iris ensata var. spontanea (Makino) Nakai ex Makino & Nemoto
- Iris graminea Thunb.
- Iris kaempferi Siebold ex Lem.
- Iris kaempferi unranked blumei Siebold ex Mater
- Iris kaempferi var. hortensis (Maxim.) Makino
- Iris kaempferi var. lemoinei Siebold ex Mater
- Iris kaempferi var. miquelii Siebold ex Mater
- Iris kaempferi var. oudemansii Siebold ex Mater
- Iris kaempferi var. seraph W.Bull ex Mast.
- Iris kaempferi var. spontanea Makino
- Iris laevigata var. hortensis Maxim.
- Iris laevigata var. kaempferi (Siebold ex Lem.) Maxim.
- Iris smithii Lynch
- Limniris ensata (Thunb.) Rodion.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.