Appearance
It was originally described as brown in colour, presumably due to deterioration in transportation.
Naming
It was first described in 1885 in Gardeners' Chronicle, and an illustration was published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine two years later. It was named by Sir Michael Foster after Dr. Kaloost Vartan from Nazareth. Who discovered the iris while working in Palestine in the foothills around Nazareth, and sent the specimen to Foster for classification.References:
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