What flower is this??

[Bob]

This plant is growing in the front yard...what the heck is it?

 

[Miss Kitty]

Wow...that's the best looking weed I have ever seen! Looks like a wild iris of some type.

What else you growing, Bobster?

 

[audie]

i think i saw some of those in hawaii

 

[jensieblue]

Could it be a siberian iris of some sort?

 

[jodiFL]

I have some of those. A friend that gave them to me called it "Japanese Iris"

 

[Bob]

Wow...that's the best looking weed I have ever seen! Looks like a wild iris of some type.

What else you growing, Bobster?

i've got some english ivy from the lee-custis house in arlington cemetery in the back yard....dixie weed

 

[rapunzel]

What county?

Florida Wildflowers and Butterflies

 

[Rita]

Could it be a siberian iris of some sort?

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Yep - there are several varieties of these.

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[Mango]

I have some of those. A friend that gave them to me called it "Japanese Iris"

Yep, I think we may have a winner. Siberian Iris flowers have a beard. This one doesn't and neither do Japanese Iris. The fact that it just popped up in your yard leans toward Japanese because they can propagate easily via wind. I think some States banned them because they grow like weeds or consider them weeds. I think they are awful pretty and exotic looking. Enjoy. I won't see an iris till early June. :roll:

 

[Rita]

Mango,

I don't think Siberians have beards either. Is the yellow colored area considered a beard?

Anyway as I am no expert on Iris - can someone tell me if the beard is just the tuft of "hair" on the downward falls (petals) or if the yellow colored area as in Bob's pic would count as a "beard"?

Whatever it is it's gorgeous!

Bob - Can you feel a pronounced ridge running down the leaves?

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