Iridaceae

I. sari Schott ex Baker in Gard. Chron. n.s. 5:788 (1876). Syn:/. lupina Foster in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 1:738 (1887);/. manissadjianii Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4:180 (1896)! Ic: Bot. Mag, 129: t. 7904 (1903), as /. lupina; Mathew, The Iris fa. & w. 1.16 & 17 (1981). Figure 14. Map 57. Plant l0-30(-37) cm. Rhizome stout, compact. Leaves 5-7, slightly curved to strongly falcate, 0.3-0.9 cm broad. Bract and bracteoie (4-)5-9.5 cm. Perianth tube 2-2.5(-3) cm. Falls elliptic, obtuse or rounded, (3.5-)5.5-8 x 2.8-4.5 cm, undulate and serrate, veined reddish-brown, purple or chocolate-brown on a creamy-yellow or greenish-yellow ground, with an irregular median blotch of deep maroon, reddish-brown or reddish-purple, bearded in lower half with a dense beard (1 cm broad or less) of golden yellow, or more rarely, creamy hairs; standards obovate or suboibicular, (4-)6-8.5 x(2.4-)3.5-5.8 cm, crenate and undulate, often darker than falls with a creamy or yellow ground veined or suffused reddish- or bluish-purple; style branches (3.5-)4-5.5 x 2.3-2 cm, with erect crenate lobes 1-1.5 x 1-1.2 cm. Capsule fusiform, 5-6 x 1.5-2.3 m. Fl 4-6. Dryish stony or sandy steppe, rocky mountain slopes, 900-2700 m.
Type: "a native of Persia, or Armenia" [specimen cult. May 1876 by M. Leichtlin, sent to J.C. Baker] (holo. K!).
inner & S. Anatolia, A4 Çankiri: Şabanözu, Gümerdigin, 1100 m, Güner 1777! A5 Amasya: Karaman nr Amasya, Maniss. 1091c (type of/, maniss-adjianii)! A8 Gümüşane: Bayburt, Taşdağ, 1850 m, 12 v 1975, Akman. B4 Niğde: S.E. corner of Tuz G., 950 m, Mathew & Tomlinson 4457 (photo!). B5 Kayseri: "Bakhyr Dagh" (Bakir Da.), 2170 m, Kotschy 1859:86! B6 Sivas: 'Pinarbaşi to Gürün, 1700 m, Stn.&Hend. 5190! B7 Elaziğ: Kharput(Harput), Busîutasch, Bint. 1889:450! B8 Erzurum: Hamurpet Da., from Karaağil, 2250 m, Watson et al. 2792i C6 Gaziantep: Diilük Baba nr Gaziantep, 1300 m, Haradj. 1208!
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. The species varies widely in stature and in flower size depending upon habitat, those from the Ankara and Amasya regions being at the smallest end of the scale. /. manissadjanii was the name given to an exceptionally compact form only 10-15 cm in height with short narrow, strongly falcate leaves. However, it is considered impossible to distinguish satisfactorily between variants such as this and the larger form from the south and east part of the range.

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