Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 187

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-COMMON_NAMES- Elder-scented Iris,
Flag, Fleur-de-lis, Sword Lily
-GENUS- Iris 
-SPECIES- Iris sambucina 
-CLASS- Triandria 
-ORDER- Monogynia 
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus 

-MODERN_GENUS- Iris 
-MODERN_SPECIES- Iris sambucina 
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae 

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial 
-COLOR- bracts: green and purple, falls: red or violet, beard: orange 
-SEASON- summer
-NATIVE_REGION- N Italy, NW Yugoslavia 
-ZONE- __ 

-NON_PREF_TERM-SPECIES- Iris squalens 
-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine 
-VOLUME- 6 
-PUB_DATE- 1792 
-REISSUED- 1793 
-EDITOR- William Curtis 
-ARTIST- S. Edwards 
-NALPCD- Disc 0645 IMG0054.PCD