Butterfly Flag (Diplarrena moraea)

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Photo by Mark Ridgway

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

This plant was the only one of it's type in a large, mixed native, bushland so it really stood out. About 80cm tall with 4 or 5 flower stems coming from a dense clump of dark green, long, blade-like leaves.

Habitat:

In a dry sclerophyll forest dominated by silver leafed stringybark eucalyptus. Baluk William Flora Reserve.

Notes:

Very much Victoria and Tasmania. 
Family: Iridaceae 
Subfamily: Iridoideae 
Tribe: Sisyrinchieae 
D. moraea is included in the Tasmanian Fire Service's list of low flammability plants, indicating that it is suitable for growing within a building protection zone. - wiki 
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:3…