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African iris

Dietes iridioides

Photo by JOHN2
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Field Notes

Habitat:

In yard in central Fl. In summer of 2011.

Notes:

I have not been able to Id this plant from any of the texts I have. I do not believe it is native to Fl.
To me it looks like a type of Iris...
Any help would be appreciated.

Species ID Suggestions

African iris

Dietes iridioides

Reference Link
Ismael Chaves
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Comments (1)
JOHN2
Thanks for help. It does have approx. one inch green round seed pods which do bend leaves down some.

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Mission
Flowers of North America
Photographed
PublishedOctober 30, 2011

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