Iris imbricata
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Read about Iris imbricata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Iris imbricata, Lindl. (I. flavescens, Sweet. I. obtusifolia, Baker). Lvs. about 6 in a tuft, broadly ensiform, pale green, 6-;8 in. long at flowering time: st. 12-20 in. long, bearing a terminal and several nearly sessile lateral clusters each subtended by a ventricose navicular bract: spathe-valves oblong navicular, 2-3 in. long, green, membranous, very ventricose: fls. greenish yellow; tube 1 in. long; outer segms. obovate- cuneate, 2 in. long and 1 in. broad, veined with brown on the claw; inner segms. erect, rounded oblong, sub- cordately unguiculate, mottled with brown on the claw. Transcaucasia and N. Persia. B.R. 31:35. B.M. 7701. —Confused with I. flavescens, from which it differs by the membranous inflated green spathe-valves.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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