Iridaceae: the Iris Family

• Habit: herbs, shrubs

• Leaves: alternate or basal, simple, entire, usually equitant, eligulate

• Plants: synoecious

• Inflorescence: cymes, umbels, spike, panicles, or solitary, spathes sometimes present

• Flowers: perfect, regular or irregular

• Sepals: 3, petaloid, distinct or connate

• Petals: 3, petaloid, distinct or connate

• Stamens: 3, distinct or filaments connate

• Ovary: 3 connate carpels, inferior, 3 locules and many axile ovules, stigmas sometimes petaloid

• Fruit: capsule

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