Libertia formosa
Libertia formosa (snowy mermaid[1] or Chilean-iris[2]) is an ornamental plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Chile. It can also be found growing wild in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Bernardino County[3] in California, where it is an introduced species. Some authorities have it as a synonym of Libertia chilensis.[4]
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References
- "Libertia formosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- "Libertia formosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- "Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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