Iris histroides
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Often misspelled 'histroides', Iris histrioides is native to the mountains of Asia Minor in Turkey, near Amasya, where it grows under pines at around 1500 m elevation. It is a bulbous iris of subgenus Hermodactyloides (the Reticulatas), its bulb covered in a brown fibrous network, with square-sectioned leaves that lengthen after flowering to 40-50 cm. It flowers very early, in late winter and early spring, before the leaves appear, bearing scented blue flowers of a deeper shade than the related I. histrio. It requires well-drained soil, full sun, and a dry summer dormancy.
- Family :Iridaceae
- Section :Iridodictyon
- Storage organ :rhizome
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
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Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)