Iris hexagona
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Iris hexagona, Walt. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long: st. usually simple, 3 ft. long, 2-3-headed, with several large lvs., the upper ones exceeding the fls.: spathe-valves sometimes fr.-like: tube 1 in. long, green, dilated upward; limb bright lilac; outer segms. 3 in. long; blade obovate, with a bright yellow keel on the claw; claw downy; inner segms. shorter, erect; style-branches very concave, green, with a central lilac band. Ky. to Texas, and Fla. B.M. 6787.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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