EPPO Global Database

Iris ensata(IRIKA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: IRIKA
  • Preferred name: Iris ensata
  • Authority: Thunberg

Notes

Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia, Bangladesh, China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu), Korea. Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Himalayas, North America. The wild plant is referred to as var. spontanea, while the selections in cultivation are known as var. ensata


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Iris kaempferi Lemaire
Limniris ensata (Thunberg) Rodionenko

Common names
Name Language
Japanese iris English
japanische Schwertlilie German
iris japonais French
hanashôbu Japanese
ハナショウブ Japanese
ирис Кемпфера Russian
ирис мечевидный Russian
касатик Кемпфера Russian
касатик мечевидный Russian
yù chán huā Chinese
玉蝉花 Chinese
꽃창포 Korean
kkot chang po Korean