Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 1

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-COMMON_NAMES-Persian Iris, Persian
Flower-de-luce, Flag, Sword Lily, Iris 
-GENUS-Iris 
-SPECIES-Iris persica
-CLASS-Triandria
-ORDER-Monogynia 
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus 

-MODERN_GENUS-Iris 
-MODERN_SPECIES-Iris persica 
-MODERN_FAMILY-Iridaceae 

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR- variable green-blue, silver, yellow, brown 
-SEASON- winter - spring 
-NATIVE_REGION- S & SE Turkey, N Syria, NE Iraq 
-ZONE- north temperate zones 

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine 
-VOLUME- 1 
-PUB_DATE- 1787 
-REISSUED- 1793 
-EDITOR- William Curtis 
-ARTIST- J. Sowerby 
-NALPCD- Disc 0644 IMG0001.PCD