A plant family of the Asparagales order. Comprised of perennial herbs with BULBS, corms, or RHIZOMES and grass-like leaves with bisexual flowers that have 2 whorls of petaloid tepals which are usually showy.
    

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A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.

A plant (Watsonia rosea): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph.

Cream iris flowers. Watercolour by J. A. Sherlock, 1901.

Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an iris. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Iridaceae

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An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

A flowering iris. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Blue iris flowers. Watercolour by A. Sherlock, 1901.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.