Re: SPEC?: Another Florida Iris.
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- Subject: Re: SPEC?: Another Florida Iris.
- From: D* M* <d*@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 05:36:35 -0700 (MST)
At 05:10 PM 11/12/97 -0700, Mark wrote:
>...The Iris has small leaves, and long thin red roots. The Daylily
>Hybridizer called it the "Red Root Iris" and said that it has white flowers
>and stands about 12 " tall in bloom. He said that this plant grows wild in
>peat bogs in the northern half of Florida. He does not keep the plants
>because they can interfere with the Daylily seedlings.
> Does anyone have any ideas about this plant's identity?...
>Mark A. Cook
Mark,
I would give a wild guess that it might be some sort of Sisyrinchium. Last
year I collected some iris-like plants that sprouted in a experimental soil
test plot at my work. They turned out to be some sort of Sisyrinchium
(according to someone at the Missouri State Botanical Garden). The foliage
was iris-like with a clustered, multiflowered greenish white blossom head.
The roots were stoloniferous and were a vibrant shade of pink and orange.
Alas, all of mine died. I suspect that they were hit with roundup or some
other weed killer a day or two before I collected them. Again this is just
a wild guess.
-Donald
Donald Mosser
Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
dmosser@ibm.net
North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
USDA Zone 7b-8
