A beauty growing in the swamp

Sunday, May 24, 2015

I found this plant growing in a wet roadside ditch. It looks similar to the hybrid irises you or your neighbor may have growing in the yard. But this beauty is native to the Southeast Missouri swamps and wetlands.

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