(LA) 'Pyrrholopha'

1931, Alexander

'Pyrrholopha' (Edward Johnston Alexander, R. 1931). Vinic; S6L; "Flower-stalk erect, strict and rigid: sepals [falls] recurved, about 7 cm. Long, the claw yellow, veined darker, the wings dark-pencilled and flushed, as also part of the body, the blade orange-red, pinkish, or salmon, usually dark-veined, the crest solitary, crimson or carmine, the color continuing as a median band on to the apex of the blade; petals [standards] colored like the sepal-blade, but paler, the channel and claw portion yellowish or salmon flushed; style-branches orange of fulvous, the keel darker, the body and wings flushed yellow; appendages [style crests] pinkish or reddish, flushed orange or salmon; anther-tips slightly exserted."--Iridaceous Plants; [Collected Louisiana Iris].

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