NATIONAL FLOWER

The Black Iris:

Elegant, endemic, perennial herb, with underground rhizomes. Usually the leaves are much shorter than the stalk of the flower. The flower is black-dark lilac, glossy, with transparent veins; large flower segments have inn basal, black spots, and hairy area at white-green or brown background.

Habitat:
marginal land and mountains; Amman, Madaba and Kirak.
F.1. April-Mary