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Iris sibirica, Linn. (I. acuta, Willd.). Compact--- tufted: lvs. green, not rigid, 1—2 ft. long: st. slender--- terete, fistulose, much overtopping the lvs., simple --- forked, bearing several clusters of fls.: spathe small--- narrow, acute, entirely scarious at flowering-time-- limb bright lilac-blue; outer segms. 1 ½ -2 in. long-- with an orbicular blade gradually narrowed to a slender claw, veined with bright violet, whitish toward the--- claw: inner segms. shorter, erect. Cent, and S. Eu--- and E. Siberia. Intro, in 1796. B.M. 50. R.H. 1898 p. 23. G.W. 12:678. Gn.M. 15:362.—Common in cult. The plants form large, compact clumps, producing many long flowering sts. from the center. Each st. usually has a terminal cluster of 2-5 fls. and 1 lateral head. var. variegata, Hort., has variegated lvs. var. acuta, Hort. Narrow-lvd. var. flexuosa, Murray (I. flexuosa, Murray. I. sibirica var. alba, Hort.). Fls. white with crisped segms. B.M. 1163.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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