Hermodactylus tuberosus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hermodactylus tuberosus. Salisb. (Iris tuberdsa, Linn.). Tubers 2-4, about 1 in. long: st. 1-fld., 1 ft. or more high: lvs. 2-3, glaucous, 4-angled, 1-2 ft. long: spathe usually with only 1 large lanceolate valve: outer perianth-segms. 2 in. long, black-purple: inner ones green. April. B.M. 631. F.S. 11:1083. G.C. II. 23:672.—H. longifolius, Sweet, is a form, according to Baker, with lvs. 3-4 ft. long; and H. bispatheceus, Sweet, a form with 2 valves in the spathe. H. tuberosus is sometimes called the "widow iris" or "mourning iris," from its fls. of apple- green and velvet-black. J. N. Gerard. L. H. B.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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