Nederlands:
Español: Lirio silvestre - Lirio azul - Lirio de primavera - Lirio español
Français: Iris à feuilles en glaive
Deutsch: Spanische Schwertlilie - Spanische Iris
Family: Iridaceae - Iris family
Flowering time: May-June
Height: 20-100cm
Altitude: to 1500
Colour: blue or violet-purple, rarely all yellow or white, yellow crest on the falls
Flower: falls with an unwinged haft and oval blade, 45-46mm long
Leaves: grey-green, slender, 3-5mm wide, channelled, appearing in the autumn
Habitat: open pine forests, grassy habitats, scrub, sandy or rocky ground
Distribution: Iberian Peninsula, southern France, eastern Italia
Synonym: Iris bulbosa angustifoliis odorata
Notes: Iris xiphium is a rather slender, medium, bulbous perennial that has long been cultivated. It is the common florist´s iris. A popular hybrid (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium) is known as Dutch Iris or Iris × hollandica. In the Netherlands a number of naturalized plants of Iris xiphium have been found close to Arnhem. In the province of Granada in southern Spain it can be found in the Sierra Nevada, Sierra Tejeda y Almijara, Sierra de la Mora and in the comarca de El Temple-Alhama de Granada.
Related key words: Cumbres Verdes, La Zubia, Granada, Sierra Nevada, Anducía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Spain, insect
