Iridaceae
Purdy's iris
Iris purdyi
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 普尔迪鸢尾
- English
- Purdy's iris
Synonyms
- Iris lansdaleana Eastw.
- Iris macrosiphon var. purdyi (Eastw.) Jeps.
- Limniris purdyi (Eastw.) Rodion.
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: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 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.