Iris pumila

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Features:	✓	flowers
Flower features:	❀	purple

Scientific Names

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Iris pumila, Linn. (synonyms I. violacea, Sweet. I. taurica, Lodd. I. caerulea, Spach). Leaves linear, 2-4 in. long: no stem or very short, 1-headed: spathe-valves scarious at the tip: flowers fugitive, yellow, or bright or dark lilac; limb 2 inches long. Austria-Hungary, Anatolia, Southern Russia^CH.

Cultivation

Varieties

Var. tricolor — A dwarf, hardy plant, spreading rapidly in borders. Has many color varieties ranging from dark reddish purple to light purple and yellow. ^CH

Var. attica, Boiss. & Heldr. (I. attica, Boiss. & Heldr.) - Leaves narrow, falcate: flowers pale straw-yellow tinged with green; segments with inconspicuous purplish veins, the outer with a purplish or greenish brown patch. ^CH

Var. violacea, Ker. Flowers bright blue. ^CH

Var. lutea, Ker. Flowers pale yellow. The common yellow form.^CH

The following trade names which are self-explanatory have been applied to some of the numerous color- varieties of this species: I. alba, I. atropurpurea, I. atroviolacea, I. azurea, I. bicolor, I. codestis, I. luiea. I. sulphurea. ^CH

I. gracilis, E. Berg, is probably a hybrid of this species.^CH

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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