| Scientific Name | Herbetia lahue | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Iris ( Iridaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 6 segments, 3 prominent
Upright perenial to 1 ft from deep bulb. Flower: to 2 in. across with 6 segments. Three outer petallike segments, broad, wide-spreading, pale to dark blue or violet. Basal area heavily spotted with violet, outlined with purple. Flowers solitary or 2-3 at tip of leafless emerging from broad sheathing leaflike bract. Leaves: to 12 in. long. Mostly basal, grasslike, folded together for most of length. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 439 | |||||||||||||
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