Amoena - White standards, colored falls - Reverse Amoena - more rare combination of colored standards with white falls.

Beard - a line of fuzzy hairs at the top of the falls

Bicolor - standards of a different color than the falls

Bitone - standards and falls different shade of the same color, falls usually darker

Reverse Bitone - when the standards are the darker shade.

Blend - combination of 2 or more colors, smoothly or unevenly mixed.

Falls - the lower three petals of the flower.

Flounces - appendages extending from the tip of the beard like little petals.

Hafts - the top part of the falls, where it connects to the rest of the flower

Horns - an extension of the beard turned upward like little spears.

Luminata - style arms and hafts are white or yellow, remainder of the flower is washed with color, with paler veins.

Median - an iris in the following classifications: Border Bearded, Intermediate Bearded, Miniature Tall Bearded, Standard Dwarf Bearded

Neglecta - blue or purple bitones, the standards being the lighter tone.

Plicata - stippled, dotted or stitched margin color on lighter ground color, some muted others very striking, changing all the time.

Rebloomer - an iris that blooms in any other season than/after its normal spring bloom period - Remontant.

Self - standards and falls are the same color.

Signal - patch of contrasting color at the top of the beard.

Spoons - appendages extending from the tip of the beard shaped like spoons

Standards - the upper three petals of the flower

Style arms - the small stiff segments just above the beards.

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