Iris sibirica

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Iris sibirica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Iris sibirica, Linn. (I. acuta, Willd.). Compact--- tufted: lvs. green, not rigid, 1—2 ft. long: st. slender--- terete, fistulose, much overtopping the lvs., simple --- forked, bearing several clusters of fls.: spathe small--- narrow, acute, entirely scarious at flowering-time-- limb bright lilac-blue; outer segms. 1 ½ -2 in. long-- with an orbicular blade gradually narrowed to a slender claw, veined with bright violet, whitish toward the--- claw: inner segms. shorter, erect. Cent, and S. Eu--- and E. Siberia. Intro, in 1796. B.M. 50. R.H. 1898 p. 23. G.W. 12:678. Gn.M. 15:362.—Common in cult. The plants form large, compact clumps, producing many long flowering sts. from the center. Each st. usually has a terminal cluster of 2-5 fls. and 1 lateral head. var. variegata, Hort., has variegated lvs. var. acuta, Hort. Narrow-lvd. var. flexuosa, Murray (I. flexuosa, Murray. I. sibirica var. alba, Hort.). Fls. white with crisped segms. B.M. 1163. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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