Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: T. Wilkes
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1977
Classification: Aril
Registered Height: 20 inches (51 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Medium brown red violet standards, veined deeper, violet flush around midrib; slightly darker medium brown red violet falls, overlaid with iridescent violet purple covering central area, small dark red purple signal at end of beards
Beard Color: Blue white, hairs tipped blue

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Parentage: Persian Pansy X I. korolkowii, var. brown and green
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Aril Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2022-05-14
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-04-08
Location: north central Texas
Seeds showing the aril collar giving aril iris species their name
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by avmoran

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