Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 38. 1753.

Origin: Introduced from southern Europe

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: FNA points out that Iris germanica was derived from a natural hybrid between Iris pallida Lam. and Iris variegata L. In 1889 additional Mediterranean species were hybridized with I. germanica in gardens (Wister 1927; Henderson 1992), and those crosses have been called Iris ×conglomerata N. C. Hend. (Henderson 1993). It is possible the wild plants in Cowlitz Co. are I. ×conglomerata, not true I. germanica.

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