Australian Native Plants

   Diplarrena moraea


Diplarrena moraea photo
Diplarrena moraea (cultivated, labelled) Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




BUTTERFLY FLAG FACTS

Common Name
Butterfly Flag

Other Names
White Iris

Description
The Butterfly Flag is a perennial herbaceous clumping plant with stiff strappy leaves. Produces white open-petalled flowers on long stems in spring and summer.

Height
0.3m - 0.6m

Spread
0.5m - 1m

Distribution
Victoria., New South Wales, Tasmania.,

Classification
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Iridaceae
Genus:Diplarrena
Species:moraea
Common Name:Butterfly Flag