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.

Libertia formosa
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L. formosa
Binomial name
Libertia formosa

References

  1. "Libertia formosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. "Libertia formosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2019.


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