Iris susiana

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Iris susiana, Linn. Mourning Iris. Fig. 1969. Lvs. very glaucous, 6-9 in. long, nearly 1 in. broad: outer segms. obovate, 3 in. long, brownish purple, veined and spotted with black-brown, with a brown beard; inner segms. brownish white, spotted with violet-brown and black. Asia Minor and Persia. B.M. 91. F.S. 11:1087, 1088. R.H. 1859, pp. 322, S23. Gn. 32, p. 193; 39:340; 66, p. 173(7). G. 1:136, 264; 33:203. G.C. III. 51:20. Gn.M. 10:120. Gn.W. 23:426, suppl. A.F. 16:1375.—The best known of this group. Said to have been intro. from Constantinople in 1753. Name from a city in Persia. Not entirely hardy N., but a good pot-plant. var. major, Hort. Bluish, tinted brown. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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