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'''''Iris japonica''''', Thunb. (''I. chinensis'', Curt. ''I. fimbriata'', Vent.). Leaves [[ensiform]], thick, smooth, 1-1 ½ ft. long: stems slender, as long as the leaves, with a raceme of lilac [[flower]]s: tube ¾ in. long; outer segments 1-1 ½ in. long, with crimped margins, yellow on the claw, crested; inner segments smaller{{SCH}}. Winter{{SCH}}. Japan and China{{SCH}}. Grown as an evergreen greenhouse plant in colder climates. Does very well outdoors in a shady border{{SCH}}.

Iris japonica, Thunb. (I. chinensis, Curt. I. fimbriata, Vent.). Fig. 1966. Lvs. ensiform, thick, smooth, 1-1 ½ ft. long: st. slender, as long as the lvs., with a raceme of lilac fls.: tube ¾ in. long; outer segms. 1-1 ½ in. long, with crimped margins, yellow on the claw, crested; inner segms. smaller. Winter. Japan and China. B.M. 373. Gt. 511. Gn. 28:120; 77, p. 142. J.H. III. 31:185. A.G. 12:704. F.R. 2:149.—An evergreen greenhouse plant except in Calif, where it does very well outdoors in a shady border.

 

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==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==