Description Iris is a genus of flowering plants with showy flowe Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes or, in drier climates, from bulbs. They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or circular.Irises usually have 3 to 10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.The inflorescences are in the shape of a fan and contain one or more symmetrical six-lobed flower
