genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils

large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs

plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)

any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)

any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb

plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)

any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)

any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb