Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 168

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-COMMON_NAMES-Peacock Iris 
-GENUS-Iris 
-SPECIES-Iris pavonia 
-CLASS-Triandria
-ORDER-Monogynia 
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus 

-MODERN_GENUS-Moraea
-MODERN_SPECIES-Moraea glaucopsis 
-MODERN_FAMILY-Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-white and green with blue-violet
or black at base
-SEASON-spring 
-NATIVE_REGION-S Africa
-ZONE- 9 

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine 
-VOLUME-5 
-PUB_DATE-1791
-REISSUED-1796 
-EDITOR-William Curtis 
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
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