Iris histrio

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Iris histrio in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Iris histrio, Reichb. f. (Xiphium histrio. Hook. f. I. reticulata var. histrio, Foster). Plants tufted, slender and flaccid: Lvs. quadrate, with horny edges, deeply grooved on each face, 1 ft. long: st. very short, very slender, 1-fld.: fls. 3 in. diam.; tube 3-4 in. long, blue above; outer segms. obovate-spatulate, spreading, deep blue, with a yellow line in the center bordered with white and spotted and shaded with blue; inner segms. erect, oblanceolate, blue. Feb. Mountains of Palestine. B.M. 6033. Gn. 9, p. 29; 33:558. G.C. III. 12:729; 21:105; 45:55.—Related to I. reticulala, differing only in its paler, odorless fls., which are produced several weeks earlier. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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