Blue irises with drops of water
Iris, common name for a family of herbaceous flowering plants. The flowers are composed of a floral envelope with six petal-like segments, three or six stamens, and an ovary enclosed by the base of the perianth. About 1800 species exist, placed in more than 90 genera. The family has many horticulturally important members; most are as well known by their scientific names as by common names, including crocuses, irises, and tiger-flowers. Members of the family generally have long and narrow basal leaves in two ranks and a showy perianth. In the iris genus itself the inner three segments, called standards, are erect and narrowed at the base. The outer three are also narrowed, but usually droop and are called falls. The beard in bearded irises consists of a group of colored hairs on the upper surface of each of the falls.
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