very nice to see them .... the leading edge of this clump makes me think that its quite at home in this patch and ready to keep proliferating. Usha di ------
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Iris spuria* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 39. 1753 > > Common names: Blue iris, butterfly iris > > Erect perennial herb up to 70 cm tall, hardly branched; leaves linear, up > to 30 cm long, stiff, shorter than stem, glacous; spathes 1-3 flowered, > spathes green; flowers blue or purple; pedicel 20-25 mm long; perianth > tube 12-16 mm long; falls 6-8 cm, limb nearly rounded, half as long as > narrowed claw, with yellow ridge in centre, not bearded; standards > oblanceolate, hardly 10-13 mm broad; capsule 3-5 cm long, beaked, with two > ridges along each of three angles. > > Photographed from Hazuri Bagh (Iqbal Garden), Srinagar Kashmir. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Usha di ===========
