2. Abbeville Types—The Abbeville Red or “Super” Fulva is 
found in southwest Louisiana near Abbeville. These giant 
reds are in a class all their own. The color range is from 
red to yellow and brown to deep purple. The wide over- 
lapping petals and sepals are sometimes marked with a 
long crest or signal patch. Sometimes they are void of any 
signal markings. Most blooms have a wonderful substance 
and may be of crepe-like texture or a velvety sheen. The 
style arms are short. The foliage is broader and the rhiz- 
omes are larger than the regular fulva. 
3. Dwarf (Foliosa) (Including Flexicaulis, Brevipes, and Mis- 
Sissippiensis) Medium size flower of much substance with 
a color range from blue shades to white. Blooms may occur 
on zig-zag or fairly straight stems low in the foliage. Plants 
and rhizomes are much smaller than other forms. Also, it 
blooms later and usually grows in shadier places than 
others. It is found growing naturally in the prairie and 
bluff areas of Louisiana. These occur from Vermilion Parish 
north to West Carroll Parish, and east of the Mississippi 
River from Ascension to West Feliciana Parishes. 
4. Giant blues (Giganticaerulea)—Large, recurving flower 
parts ranging in color from blue and purple to white. Flow- 
ers with vertical petals (standards) and horizontal sepals 
(falls) are borne at different levels on very tall, erect stalks. 
These giant blues are found along the Gulf Coast of Louisi- 
ana on the edges of bays fed by fresh water and bordering 
on salt water marshes. 
5. Pine Flat Types (Virginica, including Versicolor, Shrevei, 
and Carolina)—Medium size flowers ranging in color from 
deep blue to white with heavily veined fragrant blossoms 
on lateral branching slender stems. The dark green foliage 
has a decided mid rib. This characteristic is not found in 
any other Louisiana native Iris. It is not known to cross 
pollinize with other forms of Louisiana native Irises. Nat- 
ural habitats are in low pine flat areas of southeast and 
western Louisiana from Calcasieu to Caddo Parish. East of 
the Mississippi River it occurs abundantly north of Lakes 
Pontchartrain and Maurepas. The soils in these areas are 
more acid than the alluvial and bluff areas where other 
Louisiana Irises grow naturally. 
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