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The specific epithet atropurpureum, refers to the Latin term of 'deep purple, blackish-purple', [9] referring to the flower colour. The species formerly included; Allium atropurpureum var. hirtulum Regel , which was coined in 1875, [ 10 ] referring to a Central Asian plant, now known as Allium stipitatum Regel.
Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.
In formal color theory, purple colors often refer to the colors on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram (or colors that can be derived from colors on the line of purples), i.e., any color between red and violet, not including either red or violet themselves. [7] [8] The first recorded use of purple as a color name in English was ...
The wrinkled, hairless, broad, oval to elliptical lobes of the petals are 3–11 by 1–6 millimeters. The petals are pale green on the outside and dark purple on the inside. The tips of the petals are blunt and the margins are wavy. The flowers have a structure between the petals and the stamens called a corona. Its blackish-purple corona is ...
a mature Purple Brittlegill on Kaien Island. The cap is 4–10 cm (1.5–4 in) in diameter. It is dark reddish purple, with a dark; sometimes almost black centre. At first it is convex, but later flattens, and often has a shallow depression. It can also be lighter in colour, or mottled yellowish. The stem is firm, white, and turns grey with age ...
Flowers campanulate, funnel-shaped, diurnal and scentless, [a] 8–10 cm long, 7–9 cm wide, produced on year-old branches; pericarpel ovate with a few spreading bracteoles; entire receptacle 2.5–5 cm long, 7–10 mm thick; bracteoles more numerous than on the pericarpel, reflexed, green to blackish purple, naked in their axils; outer tepals ...
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The flowers are blackish-purple and 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in) in diameter, and the plants are 35 cm (14 in) tall with recurved leaves. It needs direct sun and sharp drainage. [2] It is endemic to Jordan and is an endangered species. There are 8 other irises native to Jordan, and most of these are also endangered.