Iris orientalis
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Iris orientalis, Mill. (I. ochroleuca, Linn. I. gigantea, Carr.). Fig. 1974. Plants growing in strong clumps: lvs. 2-3 ft. long, 1 in. or more broad, slightly glaucous: st. 3 ft., stout, terete, about as long as the lvs., with 2-3 spicate clusters of fls.: outer segms. obovate, 1 in. broad, as long as the claw, yellow, paler or white toward the margin; inner segms. oblong, 1 in. broad, lemon-yellow to whitish. Asia Minor and Syria. B.M. 61. Gn. 20:272; 38:462; 46, p. 362; 50, p. 186; 69, p. 25; 72, p. 622. Gn. M. 15:360. R.H. 1875, p. 357.—One of the largest of the irises. Grows in almost any situation. White forms of this plant are in cult, but no purple forms are known. See note under I. monnieri.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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