Iridaceae
Rainbow iris
Iris hartwegii
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rainbow iris, Hartweg's iris, Tuolumne iris
Synonyms
- Iris hartwegii subsp. australis (Parish) L.W.Lenz
- Iris hartwegii subsp. columbiana L.W.Lenz
- Iris hartwegii subsp. hartwegii
- Iris hartwegii subsp. pinetorum (Eastw.) L.W.Lenz
- Iris hartwegii var. australis Parish
- Iris pinetorum Eastw.
- Iris tenax var. australis (Parish) R.C.Foster
- Limniris australis (Parish) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Limniris columbiana (L.W.Lenz) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
- Limniris hartwegii (Baker) Rodion.
- Limniris pinetorum (Eastw.) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Vernon, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morgan Stickrod, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Morgan Stickrod, CC0, 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.