Plant
              
                - Tender perennial
 
                - 1-5' tall
 
                - Upright habit
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Leaf
              
                - Long, sword-shaped
 
                - From underground corm (modified stem)
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Flower
              
                - 2-4" wide
 
                - Clustered in many-flowered, one-sided spike
 
                - Bloom progresses from bottom to top of spike
 
                - Color varies by cultivar
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Corm
              
                - Propagated by corms (modified underground stems)