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(SPEC) Iris decora Wall.

Iris decora Nepalensis 1825, botanical author Wallich

Iris decora Wall. (Nathanael Wallich, botanical author). As Iris nepalensis D. Don in 1939 Checklist. (D. Don, 1825, W. Central Himalayas to Yunnan); Subgenus Nepalensis. Height 4-12" (10-30 cm); Flowers pale bluish lavender to deep reddish purple and whitish veined with purple on the haft of the falls, bright yellow-orange crest tipped white or purple. See below:
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References:

Iris decora Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 77 (1830).
Prodr. Flora of Nepal 54. 1825;
Fig. 27. Waddick & Zhao, Iris of China, 1992, illustrated in color.
Royle 1839;
Barr 1915; Berry 1929;
Dykes, The Genus Iris tab. 39. 186. 1913, illustrated in color.

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Synonyms;

Iris fasciculata Jacquemont; Neubecki decora and sulcatta Klatt; Iris sulcata Wall.; Iris yunnanensis Leveille. Index Kewensis 1230: = nepalensis;
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Chromosome number

Don, 2n=34, Roy et al., 1988. ----

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Distribution


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-- Main.RPries - 2010-01-09
  • From "The Iris" Brian Mathew.

"Iris decora is a native of the Himalayas over a very wide area from Kashmir in the West through Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan to the south-west China provinces of Yunnan and Szechuan. To the north it reaches into southern Khasia and Shillong. It is a plant of sunny hills and pastures, mountain scrub, rocky crevices or clearings in rhododendron forest, flowering in May to July at altitudes of 100-4300 meters. -- DavidN - 23 Feb 2010
  • -- DavidN - 23 Feb 2010
  • My plant was grown from seed sent to me by Lesley Cox of Dunedin, New Zealand. It was sown May 2007 and flowered for the first time June 2009. -- DavidN - 23 Feb 2010
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