Re: Iris lactea [was Siberian Email Robin]
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- Subject: Re: Iris lactea [was Siberian Email Robin]
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:03:02 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 97-03-23 15:55:58 EST, you write:
<< As to pennsylvanicum, Juri is quite correct in his account of this as a
Lilium. The problem arose because I did not read the titles accurately
enough. The iris is ensata from Ussuriland. Sorry for the error.
>>
I suspect, am fairly sure, that the "Iris ensata" mentioned in the book you
cite is the species now properly designated Iris lactea, which is native to
areas of Central Asia and eastward, including Ussuri region, Mongolia,
northern China...Also native to Tibet and northern India. It had to be
renamed "Iris lactea" when taxonomists determined that the name "ensata"
properly belonged to what we call the Japanese iris. This species is
probably indigenous to the widest area of any iris species, and it grows
quite well in my garden in northern Virginia. This iris species is "tough"
and I would not let it escape from the garden. It could be more invasive
than even the ubiquitous Iris pseudacorus. Clarence Mahan
