Iridaceae

Iris histrio Rchb.f.

Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris

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Iris histrio: Iris histrio Rchb.f. (אירוס הלבנון), Mount Meiron, Upper Galilee, Israel, January 21, 2006. — Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: سوسن متفاخر
arz: سوسن متفاخر
German: Lichtblaue Zwerg-Schwertlilie
Hebrew: אירוס הלבנון, איריס הלבנון

Synonyms

Iridodictyum aintabensis (G.P.Baker) M.B.Crespo, Mart.-Azorín & Mavrodiev
Iridodictyum histrio (Rchb.f.) Rodion.
Iris aintabensis (G.P.Baker) Rukšāns
Iris histrio subsp. aintabensis (G.P.Baker) B.Mathew
Iris histrio var. aintabensis G.P.Baker
Iris libani Reut. ex Baker
Iris reticulata var. histrio (Rchb.f.) Foster
Xiphion histrio (Rchb.f.) Hook.f.

Flowers

In flower: January to March (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: אריאל שמיר, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.