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§1 Plant
Iris cristata Aiton
vernacular dwarf crested iris — species · Iridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Iridaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Iris
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 375 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 375 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Logan 54045
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Pleasants 54073
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Wayne 54099
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/IRCR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8271039 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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