Re: I. versicolor 'Murrayana'

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I believe the current assumption is that versicolor is a hybrid
between virginica and hookeri (a.k.a. setosa v. canadensis). Not
counting hookeri, the nearest setosa is in southern Alaska, thousands
of miles away from versicolor or virginica.

Since virginica and versicolor (and probably Ãrobusta) are mixed up or
simply not distinguished in the nursery trade, and are planted in
large numbers in wetland mitigations and restorations, I'd be
surprised if there aren't lots of populations established outside
their original ranges.

Sean Z

Quoting Chuck Chapman <i*@aim.com>:

> I just looked at article on Murrayana.
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> A couple of observations. The offspring of Murrayana X vesicolor 
> sound very much like offspring of crosses of virginica x versicolor 
> Except that the "Robusta" plants are usually fertile.
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> Also versicolor were produced from a natural cross of setosa x
> virginica. And  hokerii is very closely related to setosa. Hookeri
> and  versicolor are both native to Newfoundland.
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> I found Cast Ashore (a robusta) in an area that has versicolor but
> no virginica. so you can have  plant relics or  hybrid relics in
> strange locations.
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> Chuck Chapman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eleanor Hutchison &lt;e*@mymts.net&gt;
> To: iris-species &lt;i*@yahoogroups.com&gt;
> Sent: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 10:31 pm
> Subject: [iris-species] I. versicolor 'Murrayana'
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> Todd, I rec'd this iris today, so looked up a bit more information
> about it and came across your interesting article at Dave's Garden,
> "The Story of Iris versicolor 'Murrayana'".
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> I hope I planted it at the correct depth, as it had roots heading
> up one of the stems.
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> El, Ste Anne, Manitoba, Canada
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