Iris filifolia

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Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Iris filifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Iris filifolia, Boiss., not Bunge (Xiphium filifolium, Klatt. X. tingitanum, Hook.). Slender and leafy, about 2 ft. high, bearing 1-2 bright violet-purple ns. 2-2 1/2 in. diam.: lvs about 1 ft., those of the non- flowering bulbs twice as long, weak, flexuous, convolute: outer segms. with a narrow claw expanding suddenly into a reflexed, suborbicular blade, bright yellow down the center; inner segms. erect, obovate-lanceolate, erose, notched. S. Spain and N. W. Afr. B.M. 5928; 5981.悠ntro. 1869. Hardy. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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