Re: SPEC?: Another Florida Iris.
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: SPEC?: Another Florida Iris.
- From: l*@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:22:45 -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.
>
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 05:36:36 -0700 (MST) Donald Mosser <dmosser@ibm.net>
writes:
>I would give a wild guess that it might be some sort of Sisyrinchium.
The Institute for Systematic Botany at the University of South Florida
says that several Sysyrinchium are native to Florida:
Sisyrinchium albidum
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Sisyrinchium nashii
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Sisyrinchium xerophyllum
All of the above have been found in or around the Jacksonville Area.
Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8
