| Scientific Name: | Iris x germanica |
| Common Name: | German iris, bearded iris |
| Family Name: | Iridaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Falcate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Yellow, Blue, Violet, Purple, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Rhizomes often partially above soil surface, most 5-15cm long x 1-3cm wide; leaves basal, fan-like, stiffly upright, sword-shaped, often curved, 30-90cm long x 2-4cm wide, base sheathing; flowers 10-15cm wide, petal like sepals or the "falls" are 7-12cm long x 4-6cm wide and have prominent veining on either side of a central "beard", the petals or the "standards" are 7-10cm long x 3-5cm wide. | |