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Libertia formosa Graham  
Family: Iridaceae
Snowy-Mermaid
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Peter Goldblatt in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Stems 60-125 cm. Leaf blades linear, 15-45 cm × 5-15 mm. Rhipidia fewer than 10-flowered. Tepals white; outer suberect, flushed greenish or brownish abaxially, lanceolate, less than 10 mm; inner spreading, obovate, 12-18 mm; pedicel 6-12 mm. Capsules round to oblong, ca. 1 mm wide. Seeds ca. 25.

Flowering spring. Disturbed, urban, coastal areas; 0--50 m; introduced; Calif.; South America (Chile).

Libertia formosa is cultivated as an ornamental and is an uncommon naturalized escape in California.
Libertia formosa
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