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Iris tripetala

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Name

Identification
Iris tripetala L.f. [family IRIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Iris tripetala
Common name
  • Savannah iris, Flora of North America Vol. 26

Flora

Entry for MORÆA tripetala Ker [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
MORÆA tripetala Ker [family ], in Bot. Mag. t. 702;—Ker, Gen. Irid. 35; Baker, Handb. Irid. 60.
Iris tripetala Linn. fil. [family IRIDACEAE], Suppl. 97; Thunb. Diss. No. 14; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 286; Jacq. Collect. iii. 272; Ic. tab. 221.
Vieusseuxia tripetaloides DC. [family ], in Ann. Mus. ii. 138; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 489; Klatt in Linnæa, xxxiv. 620; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 133.
Information
corm globose, 1/2–1 in. diam., coats thick, fibrous or cancellate; produced leaf one, subbasal, long, narrow linear, firm, glabrous; stem very slender, 1–2 ft. long, simple, or with 1–3 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 2–2 1/2 in. long, 1–3 flowered; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the very tip; perianth-limb 1–1 1/4 in. long, fugitive, lilac, rarely blue or reddish, outer segments with a claw nearly as long as the spreading, oblong lamina, inner linear 1/4– 1/3 in. long; column very short; ovary clavate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; style-crests linear, 1/4– 1/2 in. long; capsule clavate, obtusely angled, 1/2 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Hills and plains in the neighbourhood of Cape Town and Simons Bay, Thunberg! Wright! Bolus, 3393! 3732! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Normale, 251! Paarl Div., Drège! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 1650! Var. β, Lion Mountain, Bergius.

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