Large, purple flowers with white filaments and yellow anthers. In Japan, Iris laevigata is called 'Kakitsubata'; since the flower resembled Iris laevigata, it was named Kakitsubata.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Flowering period(s):	May Jun
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Tetsuya Hirota
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised:	1995
Parentage:	Unknown
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 15cm Tepals: 6 Database entry: 1426
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	Tetsuya Hirota