Iris yellow

On the banks of rivers, lakes, swamps, marshy meadows in prirucheynyh chernoolshanikah and water on the territory of Russia, the Caucasus, Southern Urals can be seen on the small square, a very fine pure thickets of yellow iris (the very same water, airovidny). Is common in Belarus. That's pretty high, up to 1 meter, the plant with widely linear mochevidny leaves with a thick, horizontal, segmented rhizome and large, on long stalks, collected from 3 - 5 flowers yellow. Hence his definition of species-Russian - "Yellow" that characterizes the color of the flowers. Iris, or, as it is called in the people, "Iris" - one of the most graceful and beautiful perennials.

Genus Iris (Iris) includes more than 200 species of herbaceous perennial plants with underground storage organs, common in the Northern Hemisphere. Found about 80 species, mostly cultivated. From time immemorial has reached us the legend of this elegant beautiful flower. Thousands of years ago bloomed the first iris. He was so beautiful that admired them all the birds and beasts. 3 days grew and blossomed flower. And when the seeds are ripe, they carried by the wind to all corners of the world. And there were flowers with different color: golden yellow - wet meadows, purple irises - Deserts; red - the seaside, but were especially beautiful sky-blue and fragrant mountain irises.

Name "Iris", "iridos" from Greek for "rainbow" family is given because of the beauty and varied colors of flowers. Species name - "psevdakorus" - derived from the Greek "false" and "AIR" and is associated with habitat iris as calamus, - in rivers and lakes, and the fact that the state netsvetuschem iris is very similar to the calamus. Distinguished by the absence of leaves and rhizomes of aromatic odor and bitter taste, as well as blue-green (from the wax coating), the color of leaves.

Rhizomes contain essential oils, vitamins, saponins, tannins, polysaccharides, starch. Used in folk medicine as an antiscorbutic, purgative, emetic, expectorant, with catarrh of the stomach, bladder papillomatosis.

Yellow iris is used in cosmetics: a decoction of the rhizomes are cleaned up from dandruff, for increment and strengthen the hair, he cleans face of freckles, makes the skin fresh and removes wrinkles. Juice rubbed into the hair before washing or rinse clean hair after washing.

In folk medicine, the rhizome of iris was used sometimes called orris root. Known for a large number of cultivars of iris, they are grown in the Crimea, the Caucasus, Central Asia and other regions.