Iris japonica
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Iris japonica, Thunb. (I. chinensis, Curt. I. fimbriata, Vent.). Fig. 1966. Lvs. ensiform, thick, smooth, 1-1 ½ ft. long: st. slender, as long as the lvs., with a raceme of lilac fls.: tube ¾ in. long; outer segms. 1-1 ½ in. long, with crimped margins, yellow on the claw, crested; inner segms. smaller. Winter. Japan and China. B.M. 373. Gt. 511. Gn. 28:120; 77, p. 142. J.H. III. 31:185. A.G. 12:704. F.R. 2:149.—An evergreen greenhouse plant except in Calif, where it does very well outdoors in a shady border.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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