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| Iris ensata 'Dinner Plate Cupcake' 04 June 2020 |
Not generally known (I have won many bets on this) is that France’s fleur-de-lis is not what you will find if you look it up. The example below is one of many.
Art•Heraldry
a stylized lily
composed of three petals bound together near their bases. It is especially
known from the former royal arms of France, in which it appears in gold on a
blue field.
What the French symbol really is. is an iris. Wikipedia corrects
this:
The fleur de lis is
widely thought to be a stylized version of the species Iris pseudacorus, or
Iris florentina. ... Lily (in Italian: giglio) is the name usually associated
with the stylized flower in the Florentine heraldic devices.
Why am I citing all this? I have already blogged about iris here. So when a new iris came into our
garden via my Rosemary and I scanned it I had to find an excuse.