Iris tectorum

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Habit   bulbous

Lifespan: perennial
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Features: flowers
Flower features: purple
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Read about Iris tectorum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Iris tectorum Maxim. (I. chinensis, Bunge. I. cristata, Miq. I. fimbriata, Klatt). Leaves 1 foot long, ensiform, thin, strongly ribbed: stem 1 ½ feet, subterete: heads on long peduncles; tube 1 inch long; limb bright lilac; outer segments 2 inches long, obovate; claw half as long as the blade, streaked with violet, with a wavy edge and a large, laciniate, white and lilac crest running up the claw and half up the blade; inner segments spreading, nearly as large, plain lilac, short-clawed. Sent to Europe in 1872 by Dr. Hance. Cult, in China and Japan.

Var. filba, Dykes (I. tectorum var. Candida, Hort.). Flowers pure white, with few faint yellow veins at the base of the segms. Comes true from seed.


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