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Fringed Iris
Iris gracilipes
35.7846, 139.152
Field Notes
Description:
Flower's petal base have yellow, violet green patterns like a starburst or fireworks of colors. So dainty and pretty. Six petals but only 3 carries the colorful patterns.
It is called as "Himeshaga" (ヒメシャガ), In Japanese, when a plant is named Hime (ヒメ), it means small. In this case, the Fringed Iris is named so because it looks like a smaller version of Shaga (シャガ), the Japanese Iris in English, only 30cm and blooms in May and June.
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