Difference: SpecKobayashii (r8 vs. r7)
(SPEC) Iris Kobayashii
1933, botanist Kitagawa
Iris kobayashii Kitagawa (Masao Kitagawa, 1933, Mandchuria). Section Limniris, Series Tenuifoliae. M. Kitagawa in The Journal of Japanese Botany ix. 246-250. The British Iris Society's A guide to Species Irises, 1997 provides the following description. "Rhizome short, lumpy, tough, with strong fleshy roots. Leaves 10-15 cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm wide, apex pointed, overtopping flowers, spiralling slightly. Stems very short, sometimes subterranean, 2-flowered, spathes to 8 cm long, 1 cm wide, lanceolate; pedicel to 1.5 cm;
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| Iris kobayashii Kitag., J. Jap. Bot. 9: 249 (1933). |
| Yutang, Z., Noltie, H.J. & Mathew, B. (2000). Flora of China 24: 297-313. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. LouisIris kobayashii Kitagawa, J. Jap. Bot. 9: 249. 1933.矮鸢尾 ai yuan wei Rhizomes short, stout, woody. Leaves linear, slightly twisted, 10--20 cm × ca. 3 mm, midvein absent, base surrounded by yellowish brown, persistent sheaths. Flowering stems not emerging above ground; spathes 2 or 3, narrowly lanceolate, 6--8 cm × 8--10 mm, 2-flowered, apex long acuminate. Flowers yellow, purple spotted, 3--5 cm in diam.; pedicel ca. 1 cm. Perianth tube 4--5 cm, slender; outer segments narrowly oblanceolate, ca. 3 cm × 5 mm, limb spreading; inner segments erect, narrowly oblanceolate, ca. 2 cm × 2--3 mm. Stamens 1.5--1.8 cm; anthers yellowish or purplish. Ovary ca. 1 cm. Style branches shorter and narrower than perianth segments. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm × 7--8 mm, 6-ribbed, apex shortly beaked. Fl. May, fr. Jun--Aug.Dry hillsides. S Liaoning. An endangered species. |
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