■(SPEC) Iris lineata Foster ex Regel

1887, Botanical author Foster
Iris lineata Foster ex Regel (
Sir Michael Foster by way of Regel, 1887, Northeastern Afghanistan, Kataghan, upper Farkhar Valley).
Subgenus Iris,
Section Regelia. Flower 2 and onehalf inches(6 cm in diameter Purple brown standards and brown falls. The standards and falls are very narrow giving it its name,
See below:
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References:
Regel in Gartenflora xxxvi. (1887) 201, t. 1244. |
(Index Kewensis). |
Also found in 1968 Yearbook of the British Iris Society illustrated in color. |
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Synonyms
Iris kerategina B. Fedtschenko
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Distribution & Cultivation
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