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Iris masia, the barbed iris, is a rhizomatous perennial species from the Middle East and southeastern Turkey, valued for its violet-blue flowers in late spring. It is rare in cultivation and best grown in well-drained soil with protection from winter wet.
Iris masia, commonly known as the barbed iris, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Syriacae. It is a rhizomatous perennial from the Middle East and Asian Turkey. It has long grass-like leaves, unbranched stems with single flowers in late spring, in shades from purple to violet blue.
Similar to Iris grant-duffii, Iris masia is rare in cultivation in the UK.
It can be cultivated in deep pots, as long it has a high potash feeding, and protected from the winter rains. But in sheltered areas of Canada, it could be planted against a south-facing wall within well-drained soil. Non-sheltered areas need a Bulb frame.
Iris masia is native to the northwestern Middle East and Asian Turkey. Its populations are spread along the north Syrian Desert, from the southeastern Anatolia region in Turkey and northwestern inland Syria, to northeastern Syria adjacent to Iraq—Iraqi Kurdistan.
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