Species are world wildflowers. This class (abbreviation: SPEC) includes all botanical species in the genus iris, whereas species hybrids (abbreviation: SPX) is a horticultural class for hybrids. All the hybrid classes, such as tall bearded irises, and standard dwarfs, had their beginnings in those first crosses between two species.
Here you will find all varieties grown on my hill, but not all are available for exchange and/or sale. To swap and/or buy your favourite varieties, see Available irises.
Click on thumbnails to open iris sheet, where you will find further information about selected variety.
![SPEC Dietes grandiflora (Nicolas Edward Brown, 1928) SPEC Dietes grandiflora, Nicholas Edward Brown, 1928](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Dietes-grandiflora.jpg)
![SPEC Iris albicans (Johan Martin Christian Lange, 1860) SPEC Iris albicans, Johan Martin Christian Lange, 1860](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-albicans-2.jpg)
![SPEC Iris calabra (Nicola Terracciano, 1900) SPEC Iris calabra, Nicola Terracciano, 1900](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-calabra.jpg)
![SPEC Iris cengialti (Francesco Ambrosi, 1854) SPEC Iris cengialti, Francesco Ambrosi, 1854](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-cengialti.jpg)
![SPEC Iris ensata (Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794) SPEC Iris ensata, Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-ensata.jpg)
![SPEC Iris flavescens (Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, 1813) SPEC Iris flavescens, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, 1813](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SPEC-Iris-flavescens.jpg)
![SPEC Iris florentina (Carolus Linnaeus, 1759) SPEC Iris florentina, Carolus Linnaeus, 1759](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-florentina.jpg)
![SPEC Iris foetidissima (Carolus Linnaeus, 1753) SPEC Iris foetidissima, Carolus Linnaeus, 1753](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-foetidissima.jpg)
![SPEC Iris foetidissima citrina (Syme, 1929) SPEC Iris foetidissima citrina, Syme, 1929](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-foetidissima-citrina.jpg)
citrina
![SPEC Iris japonica (Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794) SPEC Iris japonica, Carl Peter Thunberg, 1794](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-Japonica.jpg)
![SPEC Iris orientalis (Philip Miller, 1731) SPEC Iris orientalis, Philip Miller, 1731](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-orientalis.jpg)
![SPEC Iris pallida (Jean Baptiste Lamarck, 1789) SPEC Iris pallida, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, 1789](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-pallida.jpg)
![SPEC Iris pallida argentea (Max Goos e August Koenemann, 1906) SPEC Iris pallida argentea, Max Goos e August Koenemann, 1906](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-pallida-argentea.jpg)
![SPEC Iris pseudacorus (Carolus Linnaeus, 1753) SPEC Iris pseudacorus, Carolus Linnaeus, 1753](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-pseudacorus.jpg)
![SPEC Iris pseudopumila (Vincenzo Tineo, 1827) SPEC Iris pseudopumila, Vincenzo Tineo, 1827](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-pseudopumila.jpg)
![SPEC Iris pumila (Carolus Linnaeus, 1753) SPEC Iris pumila, Carolus Linnaeus, 1753](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-pumila.jpg)
![SPEC Iris sambucina (Carolus Linnaeus, 1759) SPEC Iris sambucina, Carolus Linnaeus, 1759](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SPEC-Iris-sambucina-mod.jpg)
![SPEC Iris setina (Maretta Colasante, 1989) SPEC Iris setina, Maretta Colasante, 1989](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-setina.jpg)
![SPEC Iris unguicularis (Jean-Louis Marie Poiret, 1785) SPEC Iris unguicularis, Jean-Louis Marie Poiret, 1785](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-unguicularis.jpg)
![SPEC Iris unguicularis 'Alba' (rev. Edwyn Arkwright, prima del 1888) SPEC Iris unguicularis Alba, rev. Edwyn Arkwright, prima del 1888](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-unguicularis-Alba.jpg)
![SPEC Iris unguicularis 'Fée d'Hiver' (Lawrence Ransom, 2000) SPEC Iris unguicularis Fée dHiver, Lawrence Ransom, 2000](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SPEC-Iris-unguicularis-Fee-dHiver.jpg)
’Fée d’Hiver’
![SPX 'Phil Edinger' (Ben Hager, 1991) SPX Phil Edinger, Ben Hager, 1991](https://www.lacollinadelleiris.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SPX-Phil-Edinger-mod.jpg)