Iris tingitana


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Read about Iris tingitana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iris tingitana, Boiss. & Reut. (I. xiphium, Desf:). St. stout, 1-2-headed, about 2 ft. high, hidden by the sheathing bases of the stout, falcate lvs., of which there are 6-7 on the st., the lower about 1 ft. long: fls. 2-3 in a cluster; outer segms. 3 in. long, with an obovate, reflexed blade, pale lilac, yellow in the center, and with a bright yellow keel down the claw; inner segms. shorter, oblanceolate, erect, incurved. Tangiers. B.M. 6775. Gn. 36:294; 63, p. 41; 71, p. 404; 74, p. 349; 75, p. 323. G.C. III. 37:339; 40:24; 48:16, 17. G.M. 40:377. J.H. III. 50:429.


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