| S | Standards or upright petals |
| F | Falls or down turned petals |
| B | Beards, the fuzzy structures on the falls |
| Hafts | Shoulder area of the falls, on either side of the beards |
| Self | Standards and falls are the same color |
| Plicata/plic | Petals are rimmed, dotted or stitched with color, usually on a white or yellow background |
| Amoena | White standards with colored falls |
| Variegata | Yellow standards with red or brown falls |
| Signals | Dark patches below beards, characteristic of arilbred iris |
| DYKES | “The Ultimate Award.” Designates varieties that have received the Dykes Medal in the U.S. and in which year |
| ( ) | Information in the parentheses is the name of the hybridizer and the year the variety was introduced into commerce |
