Herbarium Specimen Details

Iris giganticaerulea
Family Name Verbenaceae
Currently Accepted Name Iris giganticaerulea Small
Determination History
Iris hexagona Walter giganticaerulea Small R. C. Foster - Determined By: R. C. Foster, 1955
Locality USA. Louisiana , Vernon Par. : Along LA 171 S toward DeRidder.
Description Blades violet, claw greenish white, median line of crown orange-yellow, lateral ridges greenish white, furrows between green; petals and stigmatic lobes somewhat paler than the sepals; stigmas with a conspicuous line above, green below; capsule glaucous-green, 3-angeld and 6-ribbed.
Habitat Ditch at edge of pine wood.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. R. Cooley
with L.J. Brass
Collection Date 01 May 1955
Accession Number 6239
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