Difference: SpecFernaldii (r8 vs. r7)

Iris fernaldii Foster( Robert C. Foster, R. 1938; collected Lake Country, California); CA (Series Californicae); 8-18" (20-45 cm). Two pale primrose yellow flowers sometimes faintly purple tinged or veined; style crests oblong to spear-shaped; distinguished by it's long funnel-shaped perianth tube, which opens to a relatively wide throat at the base of the flower; bracts closed; ovary ovoid. The narrow (1/4") evergreen, dull leaves are often glaucous and stained purple-red, and exceed the length of the stems.

Iris fernaldii Foster(Robert C. Foster, R. 1938; collected Lake Country, Cal.); CA (Series Californicae); 8-18" (20-45 cm), 2-pale primrose yellow flowers sometimes faintly purple tinged or veined; style crests oblong to spear-shaped; distinguished by it's long funnel-shaped perianth tube, which opens to a relatively wide throat at the base of the flower; bracts closed; ovary ovoid. The narrow (1/4") evergreen, dull leaves are often glaucous and stained purple-red, and exceed the length of the stems.

References:Foster in mimeo. Pamph. Gray Herb. 22 Dec. 1938; Coll. Foster-R.; (In 1939 Checklist registered as ‘Fernaldii' thought to be a form of Iris douglasiana, now given specific rank).

References:Foster in mimeo. Pamph. Gray Herb. 22 Dec. 1938; Coll. Foster-R.; (In 1939 Checklist registered as ‘Fernaldii' thought to be a form of Iris douglasiana, now given specific rank).