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Iris stocksii
    
Botanical Name: Iris stocksii (added by Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Botanical Synonyms: Xiphion stocksii Baker, Juno stocksii (Baker) Klatt (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Classification: Scorpiris (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Common Names: N/A
Chromosome Count: N/A
General Description: Roots long and slender, not swollen. Bulb tunic dark brown, forming a long neck. Leaves 4-5, clustered at the flowering time, becoming spaced out exposing the internodes later; lower leaves up to 21 cm long, 0.6-2.1 cm wide, margin conspicuously white. Peduncle (stem) hidden at the flowering time, elongating later, exposing the internodes, unbranched, 1-4 flowered. Bract and bracteole 4.5-6 cm long. Perianth 5-6 cm in diameter, bluish violet or lavender with a yellow crest; tube 3-3.5 (-5) cm long. Falls 3.5-4.5 cm long; claw c. 2.5 cm long, 2.0-2.3 cm broad. Standard 1.0-2.0 cm long, 4-6 mm wide, spreading. Filaments 1.0-1.1 cm long, anthers 1.1-1.3 cm long. Style branches 3.0-3.1 cm long, lobes c. 1.0 cm long. Capsule 3.5-5.0 cm long, ellipsoid, obtuse. Seeds c. 5 mm long, ovoid-globose, acuminate, dark brown, aril absent. (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Distinguishing Features: Blooming March April. (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Preferred Habitat: Dry stony hills, 1150-2700 m (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Hardiness: N/A
Native Range:
Central and South Afghanistan and Pakistan (north Baluchistan). (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Status in the Wild:
Unknow, Critical Endangered probabily (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Commercial Availability:
N/A
Sources Cited:
Brian Mathew, eFloras (Rafael Diez Dominguez, 24-APR-09)
Additional Comments:
Pictures taken by Mr. Muhammad Ali Musa, in Quetta Balochitan. Pakistan (Anonymous, 13-JAN-18)
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Species Iris Group of North America