The leaves of iris are relatively wide, like a broad sword, about 1.5-3.5cm wide, but also shorter, about 15-50cm long. There will be less obvious vertical veins on the leaves. The texture of the leaves is soft. If they are long, they may droop.
The shape of iris' leaves is oval to lanceolate, which is more slender, like strip or narrow sword, with a length of about 50 cm and a width of about 4-6 mm, without obvious midvein. And leaves look more straight, texture feel more hard
The flowers of iris are relatively large, about 10 cm in diameter. They look very soft and beautiful. The single petals are oval in shape and have folds on them. Its flower stem is relatively long, about 20 - 40 cm long, the color is purple
Iris flowers are slightly smaller, more concise, single petals are tongue shaped, relatively narrow. Its flower stem is shorter, about 10 centimeters, the variety color is more, the general color is blue and purple
Although iris is similar to iris, it is not the same plant. Iris is domesticated by bamboo root.
Iris is a variety of iris albopictus. It is also called Ma Lian, Ma Lan, San Jian, Ma Jiu, etc.