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Iris pallida Lam.

Iris pallida Lam., of the family Iridaceae, is the iris behind Tuscan orris. The scent is in the rhizome, not the flower.

A review of the genus has the rhizomes dug whole in the summer of the third year, then peeled and dried slowly for about three more years before they are distilled.

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Latin name
Iris pallida Lam.
documented

"scientificName": "Iris pallida Lam."

GBIF-1 · GBIF Secretariat (2023) · read 2026-09-30

the accepted name in the GBIF Backbone (usage 5298086)

confidence A

Common name
iris; its rhizome is the trade’s orris
documented

Notably, this species is the basis of industrial orris in Tuscany, and other species (such as I. germanica) are also cultivated for these purposes, mostly in other countries.

GC-4 · Crișan I · read 2026-09-30

confidence B

Family
Iridaceae
documented

"family": "Iridaceae"

GBIF-1 · GBIF Secretariat (2023) · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Part used
the rhizome
documented

Irone is the name given to a mixture of C14 monocyclic ketones obtained from the rhizomes of some Iris species, namely I. florentina, I. germanica and I. pallida.

GC-4 · Crișan I · read 2026-09-30

dug whole in the summer of the third year and sold whole, peeled or sliced (GC-4)

confidence A

Cultivars
not on record
not on record

no cultivar is named in a filed source; GC-4’s Tuscan type (male-sterile, paler-flowered) is not a named cultivar

Origins on record
  • Florence (Firenze)
    documented

    Tuscany; the Florence point is the page’s and Wikidata’s, the growing areas GC-4 names are Chianti and Pratomagno

    confidence B

Materials

Films and plates

  • SPEC-9 · iris: the /materials specimen still · still
  • OR-9 · iris (orris): the origin film (the field to the bench) · queued: the master queue lists OR-9 as queued (the render queue’s list, read 2026-09-30); no path until it is rendered and published
    a render-time texture (Brown Mud Leaves 01; a render input only): "Brown Mud Leaves 01", Rob Tuytel (Poly Haven), CC0 1.0; a render-time texture (Bark Willow 02; a render input only): "Bark Willow 02", Charlotte Baglioni (Poly Haven), CC0 1.0

Sources

  1. GBIF-1 · GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-09-30. doi.org/10.15468/39omei · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0 (the dataset’s licence field); the JSON responses are filed, pretty-printed, with this attribution
  2. GC-4 · Crișan I. The Genus Iris Tourn. ex L.: Updates on Botany, Cultivation, Novel Niches and Impactful Applications. Plants (Basel) 2025;14(18):2870. DOI 10.3390/plants14182870. PMID 41012022. PMCID PMC12473546. doi.org/10.3390/plants14182870 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY (open access, MDPI, as the article states); short quotes only, the text is not filed

These records are published under CC BY 4.0.

this record as data: /data/botanical/iris-pallida.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A