Marica helenae
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Marica helenae, Worsley. Related to M. caerulea: fls. nearly 5 in. across, blue and white, on long lf.-like scapes: drooping segms. or "falls" much longer than in M. caerulea, somewhat narrower, indigo-blue, the reflexed apices measuring 2 ½ in. long; standards much more distinctly vittate, deep velvet-blue in 2 marginal stripes with a keel of white of equal width between them; plant also hardier, withstanding some frost. Brazil.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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