Palestine Iris / سوسن فلسطين

Iris palaestina (Baker) Barbey

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

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to February
Seed collection period
April to June

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Iris
Family
Iridaceae
Wikidata item
Q15572653
GBIF Item
Iris palaestina (Baker) Barbey (9497687)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  2. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Iris palaestina (Baker) Barbey in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/699 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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