Iris histrio
Iris histrio
Sultan navruz
Like I. reticulata but bract and bracteole thin and papery, white or bract faintly tinged green. Flowers predominantly pale blue but lamina of falls conspicuously blue-blotched on a creamy or very pale blue ground; falls with claw 0.9-1.4 cm broad, lamina broadly ovate, obtuse to subacute, 2-2.2 x 1.1-1.6 cm; style branches 3.8-5 cm, 0.8-1.1 cm broad at base of lobes; lobes 1-2 x 0.3-0.8 cm. 2n = 20. Fl. 1-3. Limestone hills, open rocky slopes and in scrub, 500-1150 m.
W. Syria. E. Medit. element.
