Iris germanica


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Read about Iris germanica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iris germanica. Linn. Fig. 1968. Lvs. 1-1 ½ ft. long: st. 2-3 ft. high, usually with a 2-fld. terminal head and one short and one longer lateral branch, each bearing a single 11.: spathe - valves tinged with purple, scarioua in the upper half: outer segms. obovate-cuneate, 2-3 in. long; beard yellow; inner segms. as large, obovate, connivent. Cent, and S. Eu. Early May, June. B.M. 670. B.R.818. I.H.40: 182 (var. gypsea, pure white). Gn. 48:242 (dark purple var.). Gn. M. 15:362. var. reticulata superba, Hort. Outer segms. purple, veined; inner segms. lavender. var. nepalensis, Dykes (I. nepalensis, Wallich. I. germanica var. atropurpurea, Hort.). Purple Kino. Fls. red-purple; outer segms. darker, almost black-purple.


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