Iris pseudo-pumila

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Features:	✓	flowers
Flower features:	❀	yellow, purple

Scientific Names

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Iris pseudo-pumila, Tineo (synonym I. panormitana, Tod.). Leaves ensiform, glaucescent, 6-9 inches long, narrowed suddenly to an oblique tip: stems 1-headed, 6-8 inches long, clothed with bracts, 1-flowered: tube 2-2 ½ inches long; spathe-valves green: flowers varying from yellow to bright lilac; outer segments oblong unguieulate, 2-2 ½ in. long; inner segments rather broader^CH. Mountains of Sicily^CH.

Cultivation

Varieties

I. statellae, Tod., is a hybrid or a sport of this species. The seeds give rise to typical I. pseudo-pumila plants^CH.

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References

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

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