Iris xiphium

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Read about Iris xiphium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iris xiphium, Linn. (I. hispanica, Hort. I. spectabilis, Spach). Spanish Iris. Fig. 1978. Lvs. about 1 ft. long: st. 1-2 ft. high: pedicel long, tube obsolete; outer segms. 2-2 1/2 in. long, violet-purple, yellow in the center; inner segms. as long, but narrower. Late June. Spain and N. Afr. B.M. 686. Gn. 20:442; 30, p. 385; 54, p. 471. long cult, and well known. Hardy in N. J. in protected situations. var. lusitanica, Foster (I. lusitanica, Ker). Fls. yellow. B.M. 679. var. battandieri, Foster. Fls. pure white, except the orange keels of the outer segms. Lvs. very glaucous. Algeria.


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