Iris florentina, orris - magic-plants ethnobotany

Iris florentina, orris

Botanical names: Iris florentina, Iris x germanica L. nothovar. florentina		Iridaceae
Common names English: orris, iris, white flag Spanish: lirio de Florencia, lirio de la flor blanca de Florencia French: ? German: Veilchenwurz, Florentinische Schwertlilie
Active constituents: flavonoids, triterpenes, xanthones (c-glucosylxanthones), starch, essential oil contains irone, myristic acid, aromatic aldehydes, ketones, sesquiterpenes, naphtalene

Iris florentina, orris

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants

Iris x germanica L. nothovar. florentina