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Iris aurea, Lindl. Lvs. scarcely glaucous, l ½ -2 ft. long: st. 3-3 ½  ft. long, stout, terete, with 1-2 sessile lateral clusters below the end one: spathes 2-3-fld.: pedicel long: limb bright yellow; outer segms. with an oblong undulate blade 1 in. broad, as long as the claw; inner segms. less than ½ in. broad, with much-waved edges. July. W. Himalayas. B.R. 33:59. Gn. 31:52. G. 25:388. B.M. 1131 (as I. spuria var. halophila).— Intro, by Dr. Royle. The color is a rich golden yellow, much deeper than that of I. monnieri and the others of this group. See I. monnieri. Said to grow up to 5 ft. high under favorable conditions. var. intermedia, W. I., in G.C. III. 28:22. Intermediate between I. aurea and I. orientalis. Deep yellow, with crisped segms. like I. aurea, but having the obovate outer segms. and narrow inner segms. of I. orientalis. Fls. late, with I. aurea.
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Iris aurea, Lindl. Lvs. scarcely glaucous, l ½ -2 ft. long: st. 3-3 ½  ft. long, stout, terete, with 1-2 sessile lateral clusters below the end one: spathes 2-3-fld.: pedicel long: limb bright yellow; outer segms. with an oblong undulate blade 1 in. broad, as long as the claw; inner segms. less than ½ in. broad, with much-waved edges. July. W. Himalayas.— Intro, by Dr. Royle. The color is a rich golden yellow, much deeper than that of I. monnieri and the others of this group. See I. monnieri. Said to grow up to 5 ft. high under favorable conditions. var. intermedia, W. I., in G.C. III. 28:22. Intermediate between I. aurea and I. orientalis. Deep yellow, with crisped segms. like I. aurea, but having the obovate outer segms. and narrow inner segms. of I. orientalis. Fls. late, with I. aurea.
  
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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Iris aurea, Lindl. Lvs. scarcely glaucous, l ½ -2 ft. long: st. 3-3 ½ ft. long, stout, terete, with 1-2 sessile lateral clusters below the end one: spathes 2-3-fld.: pedicel long: limb bright yellow; outer segms. with an oblong undulate blade 1 in. broad, as long as the claw; inner segms. less than ½ in. broad, with much-waved edges. July. W. Himalayas.— Intro, by Dr. Royle. The color is a rich golden yellow, much deeper than that of I. monnieri and the others of this group. See I. monnieri. Said to grow up to 5 ft. high under favorable conditions. var. intermedia, W. I., in G.C. III. 28:22. Intermediate between I. aurea and I. orientalis. Deep yellow, with crisped segms. like I. aurea, but having the obovate outer segms. and narrow inner segms. of I. orientalis. Fls. late, with I. aurea.


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