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Husky is a line of hand tools, pneumatic tools, and tool storage products. Though founded in 1924, it is now best known as the house brand of The Home Depot, where it is exclusively sold. Its hand tools are manufactured for Home Depot by Western Forge, Apex Tool Group, and Iron Bridge Tools. [1] Its slogan is "The toughest name in tools."
Iris giganticaerulea, the giant blue iris, is a species of iris, in the subgenus Limniris, in the series Hexagonae.It is a rhizomatous perennial, from northern America.It has long bright green leaves, very tall stems and one or two musky fragrant flowers in a range of blue shades (pale, bright, dark, lavender and violet) or rarely white.
It has the common name of Dixie iris, [3] [4] [19] (Dixie is a common name for the southeastern United States. [20]) and it also occasionally known as 'Carolina iris'.[10] [21] [22] In Florida, it was known as the 'Prairie iris', [20] but this due to a population of Iris hexagona var. savannarum which was later classified as a synonym of Iris savannarum. [23]
The Reds", species Iris fulva and Iris nelsonii, typically have red-orange corollas, with rare yellow forms. [1] Between 1920s and 1930s, Dr. John K. Small extensively studied irises in both Florida and Louisiana and named over 80 new species, including Iris savannarum, Iris kimballiae, Iris albispiritus and Iris rivularis. [2]
Iris hexagona then was left to populations in South Carolina and a few regions in northern Florida. [11] [12] This was agreed upon and expanded on by Daniel Ward in 2011 (from the University of Florida), who linked Iris kimballiae as a variant of Iris savannarum. [4] It was later classified as a synonym of Iris savannarum. [1]
Iris foetidissima L. – Stinking Iris, Gladwin Iris, Stinking Gladwin, Gladdon, Roast-beef Plant; Series Hexagonae (known as the Louisiana irises) Iris brevicaulis Raf. – Zigzag Iris; Iris fulva Ker-Gawl. – Copper Iris; Iris giganticaerulea – Giant Blue Iris, Giant Blue Flag; Iris hexagona Walt. – Dixie Iris; Iris nelsonii Randolph ...
An artificial iris is an intraocular implant (implant inside the eye) that is used as both a cosmetic and to treat those with aniridia (missing or damaged irises) or other eye trauma. [1] People with this condition experience photophobia, or increased sensitivity to light. [2] The artificial iris, made from silicone, acts as a replacement iris ...
Iris domestica, commonly known as leopard lily, [2] blackberry lily, and leopard flower, is an ornamental plant in the family Iridaceae. [3] In 2005, based on molecular DNA sequence evidence, Belamcanda chinensis , the sole species in the genus Belamcanda , was transferred to the genus Iris and renamed Iris domestica .