Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 19, 2006

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Iris xiphium

A Dietes grandiflora, a plant in the Iridaceae family native to South Africa, but commonly cultivated around the world. Flowers in the Dietes genus differ from irises in having flowers with six free petals that are not joined into a tube at their bases.

Photo credit: Heath McKinley
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