Introduced: 1934 |
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In the introduction year, A.B. Stout described it as:
" A few seeds were obtained from a plant of Hemerocallis nana with pollen of a hybrid selected for dark red colors in the flower. The four seedlings grown are now three years old; the foliage and scapes (see FIGURE 4) bend low and the plants stand scarcely a foot tall. The flowers are rather large (about 4.5 inches in spread) and of rich Morocco-red and claret-brown colors, not only in the face of the flowers but also on the back of the petals. These plants set no seed to any of the many pollinations that were made. The seedling shown in FIGURE 4 is being propagated under the name, NADA daylily. "
( cited from: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, 1949, vol. 50, p. 36-39 )