It may be a cross of a couple of species. I'd say too early and short to be carthaliniae or halophila.
Chuck Chapman
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From: Robert Pries <robertpries@
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To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 2:36 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?
El; I really like this flower with its fine edge of yellow on the petals. I have not looked at my spuria files for sometime but I would definitely say this is Iris spuria. Since Mathew includes a whole bunch of what are called species under subspecies of spuria you can be confident it is a spuria. But it would be nice to pin down the subspecies, carthaliniae, or halophila may be possibilities. I could rule out kerneriana since every picture I have seen is more branched and a finer less broad plant. If it form seeds I would like a few especially if they could come while fresh from the pod. I would send postage.
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From: "El Hutchison" <eleanore@mts.net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:48:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [iris-species] Spuria?
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This beauty was bloomng when I got home today. It was given to me by a friend who says it's the first iris she saw as a child, growing around her Mother's and aunt's country places for well over 50 yrs. That's about 60 or so miles west of here.
Does it look like a species spuria?
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
