WordNet
n. low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers [syn: vernal iris, Iris verna]
low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States [syn: Iris cristata]
Wikipedia
Dwarf iris is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Iris danfordiae
- Iris pumila
- Iris reticulata
- Iris verna
Usage examples of "dwarf iris".
The bluish-violet and yellow flowers of the last dwarf iris were fading but still colorful, and fernleaf peonies were in full bloom.
It brought 1 springlike resurgence to the steppes of not only grass, but colorful blooms: dwarf iris in purple and yellow, deep red multipetaled peonies, spotted pink lilies, and vetch in variable colors from yellow and orange to red and purple.
Above all, there would be wildflowers in dazzling profusion, blossoming from every twig, pushing valiantly through the fertile litter on the forest floor, carpeting every sunny slope and stream bank--trillium and trailing arbutus, Dutchmen's breeches, jack-in-the-pulpit, mandrake, violets, snowy bluets, buttercups and bloodroot, dwarf iris, columbine and wood sorrel, and other cheerful, nodding wonders almost beyond counting.
It was very beautiful Great, Grecian-style jars were spaced along the terrace, filled with dwarf iris, and the scent of hibiscus was heavy on the night air.