Iris dichotoma
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Iris dichotoma, Pall. Rhizome slender: lvs. 6-8 in a fan-shaped cluster, 8-12 in. long, 1 ½ in. wide: st. 2 ft. high, much branched, bearing &-10 heads: spathes not over ½ in. long, scarious, 3-5-fld.: fls. fugitive, opening only in the afternoon, twisting spirally when withering; outer segms. with a subquadrate blade contracted into a broadly cuneate claw, whitish, spotted with lilac-purple; inner segms. spreading, oblong-unguicu- late, whitish and light purple. August. Irkutsk and Transbaikalia to Manchuria and China. B.M. 6428. B.R. 246. — Although the fls. last only a few hours, they are produced in great profusion so that usually 4-6 are open at the same time.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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