■ (SPEC) Iris colchica Kem. Nat.

1938, Kemularia-Nathadze,

Iris colchica ( Liubov Manucharovna Kemularia-Nathadze, 1938). In Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 3: 3. 1938 ; Not. Syst. (Tbilisi). Some authors consider this a synonym of Iris graminea and at least it might be considered a variety of graminea. See below:
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References:

More photos at I-Naturalist-Uk at https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/911241-Iris-colchica/browse_photos
Iris colchica Kem.-Nath., Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 3: 3 (1938).
Alexeyeva, N. (2008). Genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) in the Russia. Turczaninowia 11(2): 5-68.
SIGNA p.81, October 1969
Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.


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