Iris histrio
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Read about Iris histrio in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Iris histrio, Reichb. f. (Xiphium histrio. Hook. f. I. reticulata var. histrio, Foster). Plants tufted, slender and flaccid: Lvs. quadrate, with horny edges, deeply grooved on each face, 1 ft. long: st. very short, very slender, 1-fld.: fls. 3 in. diam.; tube 3-4 in. long, blue above; outer segms. obovate-spatulate, spreading, deep blue, with a yellow line in the center bordered with white and spotted and shaded with blue; inner segms. erect, oblanceolate, blue. Feb. Mountains of Palestine. B.M. 6033. Gn. 9, p. 29; 33:558. G.C. III. 12:729; 21:105; 45:55.—Related to I. reticulala, differing only in its paler, odorless fls., which are produced several weeks earlier.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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