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Description & Remarks
An endemic species of Moav and N Edom regions in Jordan. It has blackish, sometimes black, flowers and falcate leaves. Blooming takes place in mid to late March. The species is close to Iris petrana and blooms 2-3 weeks later in the higher Edom Mts and to Itis atrofusca that is found northwards in Jordan and Israel.
O. Fragman-Sapir, 2020
Family
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- geophyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- Crimson, black
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- March
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- linear
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes
- Chorotype:
- Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- mostly natural, also synanthropic