Afternoon Iris / السوسن العادي

السوسن الشبكي / الزنبق / سوسن الحبر / Barbary Nut

Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl.

Flower, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

January to April

Seed collection period

March to April

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Dark blue
Violet

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Moraea Mill.

Family

Iridaceae

Wikidata item

Q1631978

GBIF Item

Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl. (2744255)

References

Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.

Citation

Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/696 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.