Appearance
"Iris regis-uzziae" has 1–2 pale-blue, lilac or very pale green flowers. They can also be described as blueish-white.The falls are about 4.5 cm long. It flowers in early spring in January and February, after the leaves have emerged from the ground. The leaves have thich white margin. They reach about 4 cm when the bulb flowers.
The 3.5–4 cm long greyish-brown oblong bulbs, grow about 7–12 cm below the surface. They have fleshy-like roots.
It has 4 mm long globose seeds.
Compared to "Iris aucheri", it is smaller, has fewer leaves and has a yolk-yellow coloured crest. Compared to "iris nusairiensis", it has highest leaf is not dilated and its yellow crest has a white margin.
Naming
One translation of the Latin term 'Iris regis-uzziae' in Hebrew is אִירוּס טוּבְיָהIt was first described in notes from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1978 by Prof. Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan. She also then described it in The Iris Year Book 1979.
Distribution
It can be seen in Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. It also can be found at Kew Botanic Gardens, but confusingly they call it 'Jordan Iris'.References:
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