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Iris spuria L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
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Iris spuria L.
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Iris spuria

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Iris
spuria

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Iris spuria L.

Clumps very leafy, dark green. Rhizome 2-3 cm diam. Leaves c. 1 cm wide, < stems. Stems 60-90 cm high, unbranched. Flowers 2-3 or solitary, blue-purple, to 12 cm diam., shortly pedicelled; tube short; segments c. 5 cm long, outer with short orbicular blue limb, dark blue-veined, abruptly contracted to a much longer but narrower yellow claw, inner narrow-oblong, purple-blue. Style-branches pale violet, curved horizontally outwards. Capsule ovate, beaked.

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Iris spuria L.
Iris spuria L.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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Iris spuria L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Iris spuria L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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7a406f1d-8ed1-4836-b5fb-2c865afee57f
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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