■ (SPEC) Iris palaestina (Baker) Boiss.
1871, Botanical author
Baker
Iris palaestina (Baker) Boissier Subgenus Scorpiris (Juno); height 4-8", (10-20 cm); Rootstock an ovoid bulb, 2-3 cm in diameter; with light brown membranous outer tunics that extend beyond the neck; fleshy storage roots; Leaves light green, glossy on upper surface, undulate with white, ciliate margins; 1-3 flowers, with one per spathe; Flowers yellowish-white, greenish or pale sky-blue; Small standards 1,5-2 cm long by .3 cm wide, spreading or reflexed, Falls 4,5-5,5 cm; wings at haft turned upwards and usually blue veined on the outside, the blade recurved, marked with radiating grayish blue oblong and broad veins or spots. Down the middle runs an elevated yellow stripe that is purple dotted and prominent but not crested. Style branches as long as falls, 2 pointed lobes that are longer than broad. Seems to be distinguishable from Iris planifolia by its not having a bilobed stigma.
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References:
Bois. in Fl. Orient. v. 120. |
Syn. Xiphion palaestinum Baker in Journal of Botany (London) 9: 108 (1871), plate 169, illustrated; |
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Synonyms
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Chromosome counts
2n=24 Colasante & Vosa 1981; 2n=24 Feinbrun 1986.
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Variations
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Distribution & Cultivation
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