Iridaceae: flowers of the family
57 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Iridaceae.
Gladiolus
Tall, showy flower spikes grown from corms, known as sword lilies
Gladiolus · Garden flower
Iris
A large group of perennial flowers with striking, six-lobed blooms
Iris · Wildflower
Crocus
Small corm-grown flowers in white, yellow, orange or purple
🇹🇷 Turkey and 7 more · Wildflower
Saffron crocusCrocus sativus
The purple autumn flower whose red stigmas yield the spice saffron
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
German irisIris × germanica
A tall, rhizome-rooted iris with showy bearded blooms in many colours
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Sieber's crocusCrocus sieberi
A small wild crocus from the Balkans with vivid orange stamens
🇬🇷 Greece and 4 more · Wildflower
Aristea
African evergreen perennials with short-lived blue morning flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Giant blue irisIris giganticaerulea
Tall blue-flowered iris native to the wetlands of the southern United States
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Tigridia pavonia
A striking summer bulb with three-petalled blooms and bold central markings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Gladiolus tristis
A tall, fragrant gladiolus with cream flowers from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
Iris tectorum鸢尾
A blue or white iris once grown on rooftops in China and Japan
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Iris lactea白花马蔺
A hardy wild iris with pale blue to violet blooms from central Asia
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Hong Kong IrisIris speculatrix
A blue-flowered iris from southern China and Hong Kong hillsides
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Babianabobbejaantjie
A group of small, colourful flowering plants from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 more · Wildflower
Iris cedretiسوسن الأرز
A rare white and maroon iris found only on Lebanon’s mountain slopes
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Wildflower
Petra irisIris petrana
A rare desert iris with deep burgundy to nearly black spring flowers
🇯🇴 Jordan and 2 more · Wildflower
Iris mariaeאיריס הנגב / سوسن النقب
A rare desert iris with lilac to violet flowers from Israel, Palestine, and Egypt
🇮🇱 Israel and 2 more · Wildflower
Gilboa IrisIris haynei
A rare deep purple iris from the hills of Israel and Palestine
🇮🇱 Israel and 2 more · Wildflower
Iris lortetiiאִירוּס הָדוּר
A rare pink-veined iris from rocky slopes in Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Nazareth IrisIris bismarckiana
A rare mountain iris with veined pale flowers from Israel and Lebanon
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Sweet irisIris pallida
A Mediterranean iris grown for its scented roots and pale purple flowers
🇭🇷 Croatia and 4 more · Garden flower
Iris afghanica
A rare mountain iris from Afghanistan with creamy yellow or white veined flowers
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 2 more · Wildflower
Fringed irisIris japonica
A pale blue or white iris with fringed petals from China and Japan
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Blood irisIris sanguinea
A wild iris of East Asia with purple to blue-red blooms
🇯🇵 Japan and 3 more · Wildflower
Kashmir IrisIris kashmiriana
A fragrant iris from the western Himalaya, often planted on graves in Kashmir
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
Spanish irisIris xiphium
A Mediterranean iris with blue, yellow, or white spring flowers
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Wildflower
Crocus ancyrensisAnkara çiğdemi
A small orange-yellow crocus native to North and Central Turkey
🇹🇷 Turkey · Wildflower
Iris reticulata
A small spring iris with blue or yellow flowers and a netted bulb
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Wildflower
Iberian irisIris iberica
A rare, boldly veined iris from the Caucasus steppes
🇬🇪 Georgia and 4 more · Wildflower
Mourning irisIris susiana
A rare iris with large, spotted flowers once found in the mountains of the Middle East
🇱🇧 Lebanon and 2 more · Wildflower
Moraea
Iris-like flowers from a genus found across Africa and parts of Asia
Moraea · Wildflower
Iris latifolia
A bulb iris from the Pyrenees with large purple blooms in early summer
🇫🇷 France and 1 more · Wildflower
Spring crocusCrocus vernus
A spring-flowering crocus grown for its large, colourful blooms
Crocus vernus · Wildflower
Tigridia
Bulbous flowers with spotted petals, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Wildflower
Tritonia
Strongly scented yellow to brown flowers from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Crocosmia
Sword-leaved perennials with bright red and orange summer flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 more · Garden flower
Ixia
Star-shaped flowers from the Cape Provinces of South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Watsonia
Tall, showy corm plants from southern Africa, known as bugle-lilies
🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 more · Wildflower
Black IrisIris nigricans
The blackish-purple national flower of Jordan
🇯🇴 Jordan · Wildflower
Iris croatica
A dark violet bearded iris found in the hills and woods of Croatia
🇭🇷 Croatia and 1 more · Wildflower
Illyrian irisIris pallida subsp. illyrica
A Balkan iris once valued for perfume and folk remedies
🇸🇮 Slovenia and 7 more · Wildflower
Sisyrinchium bermudiana
A spring-flowering purple-blue wildflower from Bermuda and Ireland
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
Iris unguicularis
A winter-blooming iris with lilac or purple flowers and evergreen leaves
🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 more · Wildflower
Romulea
Small cormous wildflowers of the iris family from Africa and the Mediterranean
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Siberian irisIris sibirica
A blue-flowered iris from Europe and Central Asia, grown in gardens worldwide
🇫🇷 France and 7 more · Wildflower
Beachhead irisIris setosa
A hardy iris with blue to violet flowers found across northern Asia and North America
🇯🇵 Japan and 4 more · Wildflower
Gladiolus dalenii
A wild gladiolus with tall spikes of yellow to scarlet flowers
Gladiolus dalenii · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- German iris: Za, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sieber's crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Aristea: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant blue iris: Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain, source
- Tigridia pavonia: Lorbeer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Gladiolus: Gere72, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saffron crocus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gladiolus tristis: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iris tectorum: 清水五月, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris lactea: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hong Kong Iris: Eunfagowiums, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Babiana: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Petra iris: Anas A. Emad, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iris mariae: Gideon Pisanty ( Gidip ) גדעון פיזנטי, CC BY 3.0, source
- Gilboa Iris: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris lortetii: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5, source
- Nazareth Iris: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sweet iris: Pamwik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fringed iris: Apple2000, CC BY 3.0, source
- Blood iris: katorisi, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kashmir Iris: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spanish iris: User:Florean Fortescue, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Crocus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crocus ancyrensis: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris reticulata: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mourning iris: Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627), Public domain, source
- Moraea: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris latifolia: This picture is a work by Emmanuel Douzery . Please credit this with :, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spring crocus: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tigridia: No machine-readable author provided. NoahElhardt assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Tritonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crocosmia: Brocken Inaglory ( Brocken Inaglory ) at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ixia: Vtaylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Watsonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Black Iris: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iris croatica: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Illyrian iris: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana: Wouter Hagens, Public domain, source
- Iris unguicularis: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Romulea: Gideon Pisanty ( Gidip ), CC BY 3.0, source
- Siberian iris: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beachhead iris: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gladiolus dalenii: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI), CC BY 4.0, source