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Iris humilis, M. Bieb. (I. ruthenica, Ker ex parte). Rhizome wide-creeping: lvs. linear, up to 12 in a tuft, glaucous, 6-12 in. long: st. not more than 1-1 ½ in. long, bearing 2 long lvs. immediately below the spathes: spathe 1-fld.; outer segms. with a suborbicular blade and a long cuneate claw, deep blue-purple with deeper veins, whitish on the throat, with deep purple veins; inner segms. oblanceolate, unguiculate, blue-purple. Caucasus to Georgia and Hungary. Gn. 10, p. 379. —Distinguished from I. ruthenica by the 2 long lvs. which arise below the spathe and are 2-3 times as long as the latter. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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-Iris flavissima, Pall. (I. arenaria, Waldst.). Lvs. thin, linear, 4-8 in. long: st. 1-6 in. long, 2-3-fld.: limb bright yellow; outer segms. 1-1 ½  in. long, ¾ in. broad; inner segms. oblong, narrower. Hungary, N. E. Asia and Altai region to Mongolia. B.R. 549. G.C. III. 29:337.—I. arenaria is the Hungarian representative of I. flavissima. It is smaller than I. flavissima, but otherwise scarcely distinct. var. bloudowii, Ledeb. (I. bloudowii, Ledeb.). More robust with broader lvs., a longer st. and larger fls. Gt. 29:1020. Turkestan, Siberia and China. var. minor, Hort. Smaller.
+Iris humilis, M. Bieb. (I. ruthenica, Ker ex parte). Rhizome wide-creeping: lvs. linear, up to 12 in a tuft, glaucous, 6-12 in. long: st. not more than 1-1 ½ in. long, bearing 2 long lvs. immediately below the spathes: spathe 1-fld.; outer segms. with a suborbicular blade and a long cuneate claw, deep blue-purple with deeper veins, whitish on the throat, with deep purple veins; inner segms. oblanceolate, unguiculate, blue-purple. Caucasus to Georgia and Hungary. Gn. 10, p. 379. —Distinguished from I. ruthenica by the 2 long lvs. which arise below the spathe and are 2-3 times as long as the latter.
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