■ (SPEC) Iris damascena Mouterde

1966, Botanical author Mouterde

Iris damascena Mouterde (Paul Mouterde, 1966, Syria); Section Oncocyclus . 6-12" (15-30 cm); Standards brown-purple veins and spot on a white ground, falls more heavily veined browner purple, with a small dark purple signal patch, beard of sparse purple hairs.

See below:

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

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References

Mouterde in Nouv. Fl. Liban & Syrie, i. 318 (1966);
Weymouth and Chaudhary provide the following description in Botaniska Notisier, v.128, 1975: "Plants rarely more than 30 cm. Rhizome short, compact. Leaves 5-8, usually 7, arched-strongly recurved, 1 cm wide or less, up to 27 cm long; stem leaf one. Peduncle up to 15 cm. Flowers up to 15 cm long from base of the valves often partly enclosed by the upper one or two leaves; valves up to 10 cm, inflated, a little clored with pale violet-purple. Falls obovate-elliptical, up to 8 cm long, about 5 cm wide, rather flat in the basal area, droopy from immediately beyond the beard area; ground creamy white, densely dotted and veined with dark brown-purple like I. sofarana subsp. sofarana; the dots and veins slightly embossed; signal spot small, elliptical, about 1.5 cm long about 1 cm wide, dark purple; beard of sparse, purple hairs. Standards oval, about 9 cm long, about 6 cm wide, ground creamy white, densely fine-dotted and fine veined with purple, the veins denser and embossed in the basal area; narroiwed into a triangular area the abruptly clawed, the claw about 1 cm long and with long, purple hairs; the veins denser and embossed in the basal area. Anthers about 2.5 cm."

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Chromosome counts

2n=20 Awishai & Zohary 1980.

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Synonyms

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Variations

Iris damascena has the following cultivars: 'Magnifica' aka 'I. Damascena cv. Magnifica'.

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Hybrids

none reported

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Distribution and Cultivation

Syria (Jabl Qasyoun)

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