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Family: Iridaceae
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Iris wendelboi Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew
Isotype of Iris wendelboi Grey-Wilson & B.Mathew
Collector/Expedition: Grey, C. & Hewer, T. F.
Collection number: 561
Collection date: 20th April 1971
Country/Territory: Afghanistan:Farah
Collecting locality: Afghanistan:Farah:10 miles NE of Gulestan, 1 mile beyond village of Faizabad.
Habitat: Rocky sandy plain and hill slopes.
Description: Bulb with a thin brown tunic and fleshy white roots thickened near the top. Leaves dull grey-green above and below with a fine silver margin, curled downwards 2-5/plant. Flowers 1/2 per plant. Styles and falls deep blue or blue-purple, fall with a bright yellow crest, without an appreciable wing. Standard tiny blue-purple.
Miscellaneous notes: Locally common.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00373753
Herbarium region: 2A (West Asia and Egypt)
Number of sheets: 1
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