Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 50

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-COMMON_NAMES- Siberian Iris, Flag,
Fleur-de-lis, Sword Lily, 
-GENUS- Iris 
-SPECIES- Iris sibirica 
-CLASS- Triandria 
-ORDER- Monogynia 
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus 

-MODERN_GENUS- Iris 
-MODERN_SPECIES- Iris sibirica 
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iradaceae 

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- blue purple, viened and marked white and gold 
-SEASON- late spring - summer 
-NATIVE_REGION- C and E Europe, NE Turkey, USSR 
-ZONE- __ 

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine 
-VOLUME- 2 
-PUB_DATE- 1788 
-REISSUED- 1796 
-EDITOR- William Curtis 
-ARTIST- Sowerby 
-NALPCD- Disc 0644 IMG0044.PCD