Iris brevicaulis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:IRIDACEAE
Species:Iris brevicaulis Raf.
Common Name:Short Stem Iris; Zigzag Iris; Lamance Iris
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Zigzag Iris is a native herbaceous perennial in the Iris family (Iridaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama but is especially common in the Black Belt region. It occurs in hardwood floodplain forests, along creeks and rivers, in low pastures, and in roadside ditches. It is a perennial from a freely branching rhizome. It often forms extensive colonies. The leaves are in fan-shaped clusters at the apex of the rhizomes. The leaves are ensiform (sword shaped), erect with drooping tips, dark green in color and slightly glaucous, glabrous, with entire margins. Flowering stems are erect to declining and sharply zigzag. There is a leaf and flower at each bend. The flowering stalks are shorter than the leaves, and the flowers are often at least partially hidden by the foliage. The flowering stalk has 1 flower at each bend and two terminal flowers. The flowers are subtended by a leaf-like bract. Each flower has 3 spreading sepals (falls) that are larger than the petals (standards). The sepals are blue in color with a yellow line along the midrib surrounded by a white parch. The petals are erect to semi-erect and solid blue in color. The fruit is a 6-angled capsule. Zigzag Iris is commonly available from native plant nurseries. Although a wetland plant in the wild, it adapts to average garden conditions. It prefers a loamy soil and partial sun to light shade.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyIRIDACEAE - Iris family
Genus Iris
Species Iris brevicaulis Raf. - Short Stem Iris; Zigzag Iris; Lamance Iris

Citation

Citation Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 20. 1817.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: MISSOURI: Jackson Co.: Little Blue Tank, 6 Jun 1897, Mackenzie & Bush s.n. (lectotype: MO; isolectotype: NY). Lectotypified by D.B. Ward, Phytologia 93: 237. 2011.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Iris brevipes Iris brevipes Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 335. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris flexicaulis Iris flexicaulis Small, Addisonia 12: 9, pl. 389. 1927. TEXAS: Along the Nueces River, s.d., Tharp s.n. (holotype: NY?).
Iris hexagona var. flexicaulis Iris hexagona Walter, var. flexicaulis (Small) R. C. Foster, Contr. Gray Herb. 119: 50. 1937.Iris flexicaulis Small 1927. 
Iris alabamensis Iris alabamensis Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 354. 1931. ALABAMA
Iris foliosa Iris foliosa Mackenzie & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12: 80. 1902.  
Iris hexagona    
Iris mississippiensis Iris mississippiensis Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 355. 1931. LOUISIANA

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Greene, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, Talladega, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1978 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00005214 Elmore 19 MAY 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
YLW-145		 ALNHS
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
AUA_ACC_19936 Macon 15 May 1970 Moore, Harold D.
023		 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
JSU116348 Talladega 22 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1932		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UWAL0002104 Montgomery 29 May 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21358		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UWAL0037224 Shelby 02 Jun 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14677		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000027709 Montgomery 10 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20682		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AUA000030267 Lee 27 May 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
CSP-218		 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
UWAL0004571 Baldwin 21 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12226		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000028331 Crenshaw 20 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20717		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
JSU116347 Montgomery 1 May 1972 Kral, Robert
46118		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
JSU116345 Lauderdale 4 Aug 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18332		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000037077 Bullock 17 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
747		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UNA00008038 Bullock 12 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
846		 UNA
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
AMAL00019954 Baldwin 25 May 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2213		 AMAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UWAL0012158 Monroe 14 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5307		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AUA000042893 Montgomery 21 Apr 2020 Birkhead, Roger
 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
UWAL0047541 Jefferson 02 Jun 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15343		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UWAL0046696 Autauga 11 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
780		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
USAM000007396 Wilcox 26 May 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6507		 USAM
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UWAL0014852 Bullock 17 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
747		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AUA000041539 Russell 17 May 2019 Hansen, Curtis J.
7632		 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
UWAL0049956 Lowndes 20 May 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29300		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
JSU116343 Dallas 9 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14063		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000028318 Butler 20 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20730		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UNA00048720 Greene 25 May 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6469		 UNA
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
AUA_ACC_39165 Wilcox 20 May 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
622		 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
UNA00008063 Autauga 06 Jun 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
341		 UNA
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
TROY000040728 Monroe 14 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5307		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000028099 Crenshaw 31 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20738		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UWAL0046508 Autauga 11 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
758		 UWAL
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AMAL00012531 Baldwin 21 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12226		 AMAL
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
TROY000010855 Crenshaw 24 May 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11686		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000039515 Elmore 07 Jul 2011 Pullen, Robert
47		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AMAL00019618 Monroe 25 May 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
240		 AMAL
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
JSU116344 Etowah 25 Jul 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4297		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_61850 Macon 13 May 1967 Barrick, William E.
 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
JSU116342 Dallas 9 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14063		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000050144 Lowndes 20 May 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29300		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UNA00008196 Wilcox 26 May 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6507		 UNA
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
ALNHS00001265 Clarke 22 May 2012 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-192		 ALNHS
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
TROY000046520 Autauga 11 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
758		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000035672 Barbour 22 Jun 2012 Minton, Eric W.
40		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_45640 Conecuh 9 May 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3222		 AUA
Iris Brevicaulis Raf.
JSU116346 Macon 13 May 1973 Hollis, James B.
166		 JSU
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
SAMF0007500 Jefferson 02 Jun 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15,343		 SAMF
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
UNA00066375 Baldwin 21 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12226		 UNA
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
TROY000032449 Montgomery 29 May 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21358		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
TROY000046603 Autauga 11 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
780		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
AMAL00019601 Dallas 25 May 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
250		 AMAL
Iris brevicaulis Raf.
TROY000010854 Baldwin 21 Jun 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12226		 TROY
Iris brevicaulis Rafinesque
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