Iris elegantissima
Iris elegantissima
Alaca kurtkulağı
Syn: I.iberica ssp elegantissima
Plant 13-30 cm. Rhizome compact, non-stoloniferous. Leaves 4-6, falcate, greyish-green, 0.2-0.6 cm broad. Bract and bracteole 3-7.2 cm, greenish, sometimes veined brown. Perianth tube 2-3.5 cm; falls broadly elliptic to ± orbicular, 3.5-6.5 x 2.7-6.5 cm, often emarginate, heavily veined and spotted-'brownish-purple or deep purple on a white ground, with an orbicular blackish or dark brown signal spot in centre and sparsely to densely bearded on claw with a wide band oflong purplish-brown hairs; standards ±orbicular, 4.5-8.5 x 3.5-7.4 cm, pure white or veined brown or purple, sometimes as densely as falls; style branches 3-5.5 x 1.2-2.5 cm, with erect or reflexed crenulate lobes 0.8-2 x 0.7-1.8 cm. Capsule fusiform, 7-9 x 2-2.5 cm; seeds c. 5 mm with a large white aril.
1. Falls heavily spotted and veined brownish-purple on a white ground; standards pure white or slightly veined at base subsp. elegantissima
1. Falls and standards heavily veined and spotted brownish-purple or dark purple on a white ground subsp.lycotis
