Iris spuria
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Read about Iris spuria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Iris spuria, Linn. Lvs. firm, linear, glaucescent, 1 ft. long, longer after flowering: st. overtopping the lvs., bearing 1-3 spicate heads: pedicel shorter than the spathe: tube ½ - ¾ in. long; limb bright lilac; outer segms. with an orbicular, spreading blade ½ in. broad and half as long as the claw; claws broad, concave, lilac, with a yellow keel and purple veins; inner segms. shorter, straight, oblanceolate; style-crests small. Cent, and S. Eu. B.M. 58. var. notha, Bieb. (I. halophila, Ker). More robust: lvs. 1 in. broad: spathes larger: st. 2-3 ft. high. Caucasus to Kashmir. B.M. 875.— Hardy. var. desertorum, Ker. Fls. pale lilac; claws of the segms. yellow. B.M. 1514. var. sogdiana, Bunge (I. sogdiana, Bunge). A variety with gray-lilac fls.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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