Iris macrosiphon
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Iris macrosiphon''
| image = Bowl-tubed Iris (11925430).jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Bowltube Iris
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Iris (plant)|Iris]]''
| subgenus = ''[[Limniris]]''
| series = ''[[Californicae]]''
| species = '''''I. macrosiphon'''''
| binomial = ''Iris macrosiphon''
| binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]]
}}
'''''Iris macrosiphon''''' ('''Bowltube Iris''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the [[iris (plant)|iris]] family, [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[California]] in the [[Cascade Range]] Foothills, north and central [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] Foothills, [[Inner North Coast Ranges]], and [[San Francisco Bay Area]], where it occurs in sunny grasslands, meadows, and open woodlands.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are very slender, 2.5-5 mm wide, and blue-green in color. The [[flower]] is variable, golden yellow to cream or pale lavender to deep blue-purple, generally with darker veins. The flower stems are usually short (less than 25 cm) when in the sun and bear 2 flowers. It blooms in spring.
===Uses===
Used as a source of fiber by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. The fiber was used for fish nets, deer snares and other items.
It is also cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]], where it prefers dry summer dormancy, with good drainage.
== References ==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Iris+macrosiphon Jepson Flora Project: ''Iris macrosiphon'']
*[http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=43220 ITIS 43220]
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101709 Flora of North America:]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=IRMA USDA: Plants Profile:]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?text_only=0&display1=image+ID+num&where-calrecnum=4355 Images from the CalPhotos archive:]
*Harlow, Nora, Jakob, Kristin, and Raiche, Roger (2003) ''Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses''. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23849-4
*[http://www.paleotechnics.com/Articles/Irisarticle.html Fiber uses of ''Iris macrosiphon'']
[[Category:Iris]]
[[Category:Fiber plants]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]