Iris acutiloba

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Cultivation

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Read about Iris acutiloba in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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