Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 531

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-COMMON_NAMES-Snake's-head Iris,
Velvet Flower-de-Luce, Widow Iris
-GENUS-Iris
-SPECIES-Iris tuberosa
-CLASS-Triandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Thunberg

-MODERN_GENUS-Hermodactylus
-MODERN_SPECIES-Hermodactylus tuberosus
-MODERN_FAMILY-Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-brown-black or dark blue
-SEASON-late winter, spring, early summer
-NATIVE_REGION-S Europe
-ZONE-     __

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-15
-PUB_DATE-1801
-REISSUED-    __
-EDITOR-John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0413 IMG0025.PCD