Iris ( Lydia Jane Iris )
Rhizomatous sword lily have rhizomes as rhizome , close to or on the surface , or just below ground - level , which raise linear to sword - shaped farewell , closely always in basal fan , and childlike or branched heyday stems . The flowers have 3 erect petals , called standards , and 3 big , pendant or diffuse petals , called falls . Siberian iris miss the “ beard ” of colored hairsbreadth at the base of each fall that other iris groups have ....