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National Flower of Algeria:
Algeria is a beautiful country in the same region as Sudan, Libya and Chad. The National flower of Algeria is Iris Tectorum. The native people also call it as roof Iris. This flower is mostly found in Burma, Algeria, Korea, China. It is considered and cultivated as gem plant in temperate climatic regions.
What is the National Flower of Algeria?
The national flower of Algeria is Wall Iris. Its scientific name is Iris tectorum and it belongs to the genus Iris. This flower is native to Burma, Korea and China.
It has blue-violet, lavender-blue and blue lilac flowers. There is also a white specie of the flower. Wall iris is normally grown as an ornamental flower because of its beautiful flowers.
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Interesting Facts About Iris Tectorum.
Iris Tectorum belongs to Iridaceae Family with Iris as the genus. Iris Tectorum is a very beautiful flower and is found in a variety of colour i.e: Bluish-violet, bluish-lavender, a bluish-purple or sky-blue flower they are also available in white colour.
They possess about seven showy petals and can reach a size up to 60 cm & its basal fans are yellowish-green in colour. It has the ability to endure the temperature below -10 C but can offer a frosts protection it can also bear the acidic soil with a PH between 6.1–7.8. It is a toxic flower but it is being used in Chinese herbal medicine to treat life-threatening diseases like hepatitis and wind damp pains.
Wall Iris Facts:
Algeria National flower has grown in meadows, besides the water and in damp places.
It also grows on the roadside and in China, it is found on steep hillsides.
National flower Algeria is toxic in nature but it is used widely in Chinese herbal medicine
for the treatment of hepatitis.
Kam people eat fish that has been fed this flower in order to treat stomach aches.
Most parts of the national floral of Algeria are poisonous in nature. If those parts of the
plant are ingested, one can have skin irritation, vomited and pain in the stomach.
Why Iris Tectorum is the National Flower of Algeria?
Wall iris is the national flower of the country because of its ornamental value and beauty. No doubt Iris is an exceptional flower with God blessed Qualities, there is no specific reason that why Iris Tectorum is the National flower of Algeria but some people proposed that because of its abundance in Algeria and its traditional use in medicines by the native people makes this Exceptional flower the National Flower.
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