Iris sibirica 'Tropic night' flower

Iris sibirica 'Tropic night' flower

Description

Title:
Iris sibirica 'Tropic night' flower
Caption / Description:

Iris sibirica, the Siberian Iris, is a flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50-120 cm tall. The leaves are glaucous green, narrow and fairly rigid, blade-shaped, 40-80 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. The flowers are typical of an iris, borne in late spring or early summer on unbranched or sparsely-branched stems held above the leaves, each flower 4-7 cm diameter, mid- to purple-blue, often with a paler whitish or yellowish centre.

Description taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_sibirica

Tags / Keywords:
  • Biota
  • Life
  • Vitae
  • Eukaryota
  • Plantae
  • Plants
  • Magnoliophyta
  • Flowering Plants
  • Angiosperms
  • Liliopsida
  • Monocotyledons
  • Asparagales
  • Iridaceae
  • Iris
  • Iris sibirica
  • Siberian Iris
  • Iris sibirica 'Tropic night'

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Adobe RGB (1998)

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Market Harborough
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Leicestershire
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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© 2010 Dave Kennard

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1200 s
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f/4.5
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Canon EOS 450D
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100
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0
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100mm
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Multi-segment
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Off, Did not fire
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Manual
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Manual
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Manual

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Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM
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Handheld

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