Iris latifolia
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{{Taxobox
| name = English Iris
| image = Iris_latifolia.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Iris latifolia'', the Pyrenees
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]''
| species = '''''I. latifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Iris latifolia''
| binomial_authority = Mill.
}}
The '''English Iris''', ''Iris latifolia'', also known as ''I. xiphiodes'' and ''I. anglica'', is a common and attractive [[Iris(plant)|iris]] of the [[Pyrenees]] and Northwestern Spain. It is widely cultivated for its beautiful flowers.
The English Iris grows to a height of 50 cm<ref>[http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Iris/Iris_latifolia/Iris_latifolia.html Iris latifolia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The plant flowers in June or July, producing two or three deep blue flowers with yellow marks in the center of the lower petals. Flowers are six-petaled and 12-13 centimeters in diameter.
Leaves are stiff and sword-shaped, approximately 60 cm long, and dark green to teal in color. Leaves begin growth in early spring, before the snow has entirely melted.
The English Iris is a [[bulb]]ous iris, as opposed to a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] iris. The bulb has a thin, dark brown skin and grows 10- 15 cm deep in the ground.
==References==
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[[Category:Iris]]
[[Category:Flowers]]
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[[fr:Iris des Pyrénées]]