Iris sintenisii

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Read about Iris sintenisii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Iris sintenisii, Janka (I. graminea var. sintenisii, Riehter. I. urumovi, Velenovski). Lvs. narrow, linear, acuminate, 8-18 in. long, ¼ - ½ in. broad: st. round, not flattened as in I. graminea, slender and flexuous, 4-12 in. long, almost entirely clothed by 2-3 reduced lvs. and bearing a single head of 2 fls.: spathe-valves narrow, linear, acuminate, keeled, the inner longer than the outer: ovary tapering to a long neck taking the place of the perianth-tube: fls. bright lilac, 1 ½ in. long; outer segms. with an obovate blade and a slightly pandurate claw, bluish purple, whitish toward the throat, marked with purple veins and with reddish purple veins on the claw; inner segms. oblanceolate with a cuneate claw deep blue-purple; style-crests lanceolate. S. Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and Turkey. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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