Montbretia (Crocosmia aurea)

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Photo by misako

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37.8313, -122.278

Field Notes

Description:

Spotted these beautiful flowering Montbretia plants in the front yard of a house in my Emeryville, CA neighborhood. The whole front yard is planted with them and it looks amazing.

Habitat:

Urban house front yard.

Reference Links:

Crocosmia, Crocosmia aurea

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Comments (6)

misako

Thank you for the ID monkey-mind and nana-puppet! :)

monkey-mind and nana-puppet

montbretia i think is the latin name: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6954876

misako

Thanks Ismael--do you know the species name?

Ismael Chaves

commonly called bailarinas

misako

I'm not sure Nicole. I just looked at Watsonia photos online and they do look similar. I am going to take some more photos of the plant and flower stem and will upload them. Thanks for the suggestion!

NicoleLook

Are these a form of Watsonia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonia_%28plant%29

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Montbretia

Crocosmia aurea

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37.8313, -122.278

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