■ (SPEC) Iris camillae Grossheim

1929, Botanical author Grossheim

Iris camillae Grossheim (Alexander Grossheim, 1928; Lake Kazan Gel, Transcaucasia); Section Oncocyclus ; Strongly falcate leaves, height 8-16" (20-40 cm); Yellows, blues, and bicolors, standards larger than falls; standards broader than, and the same color as the falls; Dark purplish signal patch with a yellow beard

See below:

• * References
• * Synonyms
• * Variations
• * Hybrids
• * Distribution and Cultivation

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References:

Sched. ad Herb. A. Grossheim & B. Schidschkin, in Pl. Or. Exsicc. Fasc. no. 357 (1928).
Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.

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Chromosme counts:

2n=20 (Awishai & Zohary 1980). ----

Synonyms

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Grossheim described the following forms: Iris camillae Grossheim; forma camillae Grossh; forma caerulea Grossh; forma lutea Grossh; forma pallida D. Sosn. ; forma pseudoiberica Grossh. forma speciossisima Grossh. forma spectabilis Grossh. forma sulphurea Grossh. ----

Hybrids

The Species Group of the British Iris Society notes that this is probably of hybrid origin between Ii. iberica, paradoxa, and acutiloba. ----

Distribution & Cultivation

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