spurious.htm
-PLATE- Plate No. 58
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-COMMON_NAMES- Spurious Iris, Fleur-de-lis,
Sword lily, Spuria Iris
-GENUS- Iris
-SPECIES- Iris spuria
-CLASS- Triandria -ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS- Iris
-MODERN_SPECIES- Iris spuria
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iradaceae
-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- violet-blue, yellow or white
-SEASON- summer
-NATIVE_REGION- Europe, Asia, Algeria
-ZONE- __
-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 2
-PUB_DATE- 1788
-REISSUED- 1796
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- Sowerby
-NALPCD- Disc 0644 IMG0052.PCD