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Unknown Flower

18 years ago

I have a wild flower growing in my garden it has 6 white petals in a star shape, 3 of them have yellow coming out from the centre, inside the centre is an additional 3 petals which curl up and are slightly purple. The stem is long and thin, with strappy leaves. Can anyone point me in the direction of identifying this plant. Thank you.

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cestrum
18 years ago
Could it be a type of iris? Or perhaps a dietes? (Do a google image search for pics of either.
boghead
18 years ago
Could it be an Asper-Agus.

Oh no my fault , that is a vegetable.

Do you know my dog is called Peter.

Hope this helps.
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Because some like cestrum and clereodendron are actually hardy in z7 in the US. Wikipedia describes my location as humid subtropical. I can grow some lantana as die back perennials, crinums, sabal palm, etc. It's not like my z7 is Alaska or something ;0 I know it's not a verbena sp, but the foliage is reminscent of verbena and some things in verbena family, some of which are shrubs.
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alisonoz_gw
18 years ago
I'd think Cestrum is right - sounds very much like Dietes
cookie_2008
Original Author
18 years ago
Thank you so much for all your replies, I did google the name Dietes
YES it is a Dietes iridoides thank you once again

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