Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 686

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-COMMON_NAMES-Spanish Flag,
Fleur-de-lis, Sword Lily
-GENUS-Iris
-SPECIES- Iris xiphium
-CLASS- Triandria
-ORDER-  Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS-Iris
-MODERN_SPECIES-Iris xiphium
-MODERN_FAMILY-Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR-  usually blue or violet, sometimes white, yellow or mauve
-SEASON- spring - early summer
-NATIVE_REGION-Mediterranean
-ZONE-       __

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 18
-PUB_DATE-1803
-REISSUED-         __
-EDITOR-John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0426 IMG0050.PCD