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Iris ewbankiana, Foster (I. sprengeri, Siehe). Rhizome slender, similar to that of I. iberica: lvs. 6-8 in. long, glaucous, very narrow and somewhat falcate: st. 2-4 in. high, bearing 2-3 reduced lvs.: spathe 1-fld., 2 ¼  in. long; valves narrow, inflated, green: outer segms. lanceolate, pointed, horizontally extended, not recurved, creamy or grayish white, marked with conspicuous, irregular, jagged, purple-brown veins, with a purplish black patch at the throat; beard of stout yellow hairs tipped with brown; inner segms. ovate- lanceolate colored like the outer and marked with jagged brown-purple veins which become more broken on the claw; style-branches almost uniform chocolate- brown. Mountains of Persia and Transcaucasia. R.H. 1901, p. 399. Gn. 70, p. 15. G.C. III. 29:407; 36:50. —The venation, together with the ground-color, gives the fls. at a distance a uniform gray tone. Not particularly beautiful.
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Iris ewbankiana, Foster (I. sprengeri, Siehe). Rhizome slender, similar to that of I. iberica: lvs. 6-8 in. long, glaucous, very narrow and somewhat falcate: st. 2-4 in. high, bearing 2-3 reduced lvs.: spathe 1-fld., 2 ¼  in. long; valves narrow, inflated, green: outer segms. lanceolate, pointed, horizontally extended, not recurved, creamy or grayish white, marked with conspicuous, irregular, jagged, purple-brown veins, with a purplish black patch at the throat; beard of stout yellow hairs tipped with brown; inner segms. ovate- lanceolate colored like the outer and marked with jagged brown-purple veins which become more broken on the claw; style-branches almost uniform chocolate- brown. Mountains of Persia and Transcaucasia. —The venation, together with the ground-color, gives the fls. at a distance a uniform gray tone. Not particularly beautiful.
 
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==Cultivation==
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==Varieties==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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