Iris ruthenica

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Cultivation

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Read about Iris ruthenica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Iris ruthenica. Ker. Lvs. linear, in crowded tufts, 6 in. long at flowering-time, becoming 12 in. lone: st. slender, 1-8 in. long, but often obsolete; 1-headed: pedicel ¼ -2 in. long: tube twice as long as the ovary; outer segms. with an oblong blade rather shorter than the claw, lilac, veined and dotted with bluish purple on a whitish ground near the center and lower part of the blade; inner segms. lanceolate, with narrow claws, deep purple-violet. April, May. China, Siberia and Cent. Asia. B.M. 1123, 1393. Gn. 50, p. 187. G.W. 15:132.—Violet-scented. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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