Iridaceae
Barbary nut iris
Moraea sisyrinchium
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Moraea
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- عنقود
- arz
- مورايا سيسرينشيوم
- Czech
- Kosatcovník badilový
- English
- Barbary nut iris
- Finnish
- Mukulakurjensäilä, Mukulakurjenmiekka
- German
- Mittags-Schwertlilie
- Hebrew
- צהרון מצוי, אירוס מצוי
- Persian
- زنبقسا
- Russian
- Морея голубоглазковая
- Spanish
- Lirio azul
- Turkish
- Keklik çiğdemi, Keklikçiğdemi
Synonyms
- Diaphane edulis Salisb.
- Evansia syrtica (Viv.) Klatt
- Gynandriris littorea Jord.
- Gynandriris maricoides (Regel) Nevski
- Gynandriris numidica Jord.
- Gynandriris sisyrinchium (L.) Parl.
- Helixyra sisyrinchium (L.) N.E.Br.
- Iris aegyptia Delile
- Iris collina Salisb.
- Iris fugax Ten.
- Iris involuta Garzia
- Iris libyca Mattei
- Iris maculata Tod. ex Lojac.
- Iris maculata Tod.
- Iris maricoides Regel
- Iris samaritanii Heldr.
- Iris sisyrinchium L.
- Iris sisyrinchium f. alba Gattef. & Weiller
- Iris sisyrinchium f. caerulea Maire & Weiller
- Iris sisyrinchium f. purpureoviolacea Maire & Weiller
- Iris sisyrinchium f. rosea Gattef. & Weiller
- Iris sisyrinchium f. violacea Gattef. & Weiller
- Iris sisyrinchium subsp. fugax K.Richt.
- Iris sisyrinchium var. fugax Rouy
- Iris sisyrinchium var. maculata Fiori
- Iris sisyrinchium var. major Cambess.
- Iris sisyrinchium var. maricoides (Regel) Lynch
- Iris sisyrinchium var. marmarica Pamp.
- Iris sisyrinchium var. minor Cambess.
- Iris sisyrinchium var. purpurea Braun-Blanq. & Maire
- Iris sisyrinchium var. syrtica (Viv.) E.A.Durand & Barratte
- Iris syrtica Viv.
- Iris todaroana Cif. & Giacom. ex S.Pignatti
- Iris zelantea Parl.
- Moraea sicula Tod.
- Moraea tenoreana Sweet
- Sisyrinchium majus R.M.Redhead
- Xiphion sisyrinchium (L.) Baker
Photos
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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.