■ (SPEC) Iris graeberiana Van Tub. ex Sealy

1950, Botanical author Van Tubergen ex Sealy

Iris graeberiana C. G. Van Tubergen ex Sealy (Sealy, 1950, Turkestan); Subgenus Scorpiris (Juno) , Height 6-14" (15-35 cm); 4-6 flowers, Blue, white crest, surrounded by pale heavily veined area. Ends of falls cobalt blue; Collected by Paul Graeber, in central asiatic Russia;

See below:

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

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References:

The Iris Year Book 1948, p.97-98, illustration facing p. 131;
A Guide to Species Irises, their Identification and Cultivation, The Species Group of The British Iris Society, 1997, Cambridge;
Sealy in Curtis's Botanical Magazine 167, t. 126 (1950).

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Synonyms

Juno graeberiana (Sealy) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 150: 138 (1982). ----

Chromosome numbers & Gene Data

2n=50 Simonet 1952; 2n=48 Randolph 1954. Ikinci,N., Hall,T., Lledo,L., Clarkson,J.J., Tillie,N., Seisums,A.,Saito,T., Harley,M. and Chase,M.W. "Molecular phylogenetics of the juno irises, Iris subgenus Scorpiris (Iridaceae), based on six plastid markers". Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 167 (3), 281-300 (2011)

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Variations

Iris graeberiana has the following named varieties; 'Kara Kum Desert Juno', 'White Fall', 'Yellow Fall'. ----

Hybrids

'Awesome', 'Blue Lips', 'Blue Ruffles' graeberiana X albomarginata ----

Distribution & Cultivation

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