EPPO Global Database

Iris sambucina(IRISA)

Overview
Code created in: 2016-01-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: IRISA
  • Preferred name: Iris sambucina
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Europe (central and southern). Like I. squalens, this is a native wild-growing species believed to have its origin  in hybridization between I. pallida and I variegata. Also cultivated as an ornamental. 


Common names
Name Language
elder-scented iris English
Holunder-Schwertlilie German
iris à odeur de sureau French
giaggiolo sambucino Italian
kosatec bezový Czech
bezgova perunika Slovene