(SPEC) Iris mandraliscae Tod.
1861, Botanical author Todaro
'Mandraliscae' (
Augustino Todaro, 1861; Sicily).
Section Iris. TB, Height 17" (42 cm), Mid bloom season. Color Code-B1M. Pleroma violet bicolor in effect due to light styles and dense white beard; stalk well branched; growth very vigorous; 3 ft. Foliage deep green stiff; Standards ruffled. Rather early cengialti-pallida type; fine mass effect;
Reference; Nouv. Gen. e Spec. 42. 1861;
Gartenwelt, p.366, 1911
Chromosome count 2n=24. Dammann 1901. variation of
Iris pallida Lam.
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