Iridaceae
Black iris
Iris nigricans
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- سوسن أسود
- English
- Black iris
- Persian
- زنبق سیاهچرده
- Russian
- Ирис чернеющий
- Slovenian
- Črna perunika, Črni iris
- Ukrainian
- Ірис чорний
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: en:User:Smart Viral, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Iris
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- Stinking irisIris foetidissimaIridaceae
- Dwarf irisIris pumilaIridaceae
- Iris gramineaIridaceae
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- Spanish irisIris xiphiumIridaceae
- Japanese irisIris ensataIridaceae
Sources: classification 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.