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Iridaceae | |
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.) Orange Co., NC 21 Apr 2006 Five species of Blue-eyed Grass are found in NC. | |
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.) Orange Co., NC 21 Apr 2006 | |
Dwarf Iris (Iris verna verna) Scotland Co., NC 10 Apr 04 In NC, found mostly in the piedmont, sandhills, and coastal plain in nutrient poor soils. | |
Dwarf Iris (Iris verna verna) | |
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) Haywood Co., NC 15 Apr 2006 Common in rich woods in the NC mountains & piedmont | |
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) Haywood Co., NC 15 Apr 2006 | |
Iris prismatica Harnett Co., NC 29 May 2005 | |
same as above | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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