■ (SPEC) Iris galatica Siehe

1904, botanical author Siehe

Iris galatica (Walter Siehe, 1904, Central to Northern Turkey). Subgenus Scorpiris, (Juno), Allied to Iris persica , Flowers before the leaves are fully expanded. Flowers are 5-6 cm in diameter and the color is variable, Some flowers maybe a rich reddish purple while other plants have flowers as light as a greenish straw yellow with darker purplish markings on the blade to the falls, with probably all manner of variations between these two.

See below:

• * References
• * Chromosome counts
• * Synonyms
• * Variations
• * Hybrids
• * Distribution and Cultivation

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References:

Seihe in Allegemeine Botanische Zeitung.
Iris galatica W.Irving, Garden (London 1871-1927) 67: 203 (1905).

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Synonyms

'Persica Galatica', Iris purpurea (Hort) Siehe; I. eleonorae Holmboe;

Iris persica var. galatica (W.Irving) Dykes, Gen. Iris: 191 (1913).

Juno galatica (W.Irving) Rodion., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(9): 105 (1994).

Iris purpurea Siehe, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 11: 115 (1905).

Iris eleonorae Holmboe, Bergens Mus. Årbog (Årbok) 13: 4 (1907).

Iris persica var. purpurea (Siehe) Dykes, Gen. Iris: 191 (1913).

Juno purpurea (Siehe) Kamelin, Florogenet. Anal. Estest. Fl. Gorn. Sred. Azii: 252 (1973).

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Chromosome counts

2n=24, Hall, 2000. ----

Variations

Iris galatica cultivars: 'Persica Galatica', 'Persica Purpurea'. ----

Hybrids

Iris galatica crosses: 'Amelia Beatrice', 'Per-Purs', 'Pursind'. a name="Distribution">----

Distribution and Cultivation

Distribution: Region:
Cultivation: seems to be the same as most bearded irises with perhaps a special emphasis on good drainage

References: Siehe 1901 article on Irises of the Persica Group ,

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