Re: I.rossii?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] I.rossii?
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:51:08 -0600
> From: joannaxuejun@yahoo.com
>
> Thanx Jeff, I've heard of that book, but I don't have. I found some
> terribly tiny iris in Funghuang Shan (Fenghuangshan), they were not
> on sunny hillsides and meadows at forest edges as you said, but in
> shady places under the rocks (the entire Fenghuangshan mountain was a
> massive rock), and no meadows, just a few this iris on the rocks,
> about 1cm- 5cm tall.
Joanna,
Here is the description from "The Iris of China" of the parts of I. rossii
that might be observed at this time of year:
"Stem base with yellowish brown persistent sheaths and fibers of old
leaves. Rhizome relatively thick, not filiform, creeping, tough, with many
nodes, reddish maroon; roots hairy, thin, long, and tough, reddish maroon.
Leaves strap shaped or narrowly linear, 4 to 10 cm long, 2 to 5 mm wide,
apex long acumunate, with two to four thin ribs."
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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