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■(SPU) 'Monspur'

1890, Foster

'Monspur' (Sir Michael Foster, 1890) SPU, Color Class-B3M, Medium blue self. A cross of Iris monnieri X Iris spuria.

Note: the convention that Foster used to create this cultivar name is no longer allowed by the International code but this name is conserved.

See below:

Monspur Cambridge Bluecrp.jpg

References

Awaiting original catalog description
References: Gardeners' Chronicles 68: 631. 29 November 1890; The Garden 38: 463. 15 November 1890 illustrated in black and white. Van Tubergen catalog 1900; 1938; Grullemans 1907; Macoun; Van Waveren & Sons, Inc. 1911; Farr 1912.

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