Patersonia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Patersonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Patersonia (named for William Paterson, an English traveler). Iridaceae. Perennial herbs with short creeping rhizomes and rigid linear lvs. grouped in a distichous basal rosette: perianth-tube elongated; outer segms. obovate-cuneate, spreading; inner minute, erect: ovary clavate, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; seeds angled by pressure.—About 19 species, all natives of Austral. P. occidentalis, R. Br. (P. sapphirina, Lindl.). Sts. very short: lvs. rigid, longest often over 1 ft.: scapes longer or shorter than lvs., dilated and striate under the spike; outer bracts 1 1/2 in. long or more, prominently or rather obscurely keeled, inner bracts membranaceous, sometimes pubescent on the keel: fls. usually numerous; perianth-tube more or less villous; outer segms. often fully 1 in. long, broad and very obtuse, rich blue; inner segms. minute, ovate or lanceolate; style articulate near the base of the anthers. H.U. 1, p. 324. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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