Intro: Erect perennnial with iris-like growth form, found in wet savannas, pocosin edges, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds (and similar ponds in the mountains of Virginia), ditches and other wet, disturbed places.

Stems: Stems unbranched, hairy near top.

Leaves: Leaves mostly basal and overlapping at the base (a few shorter, alternate, clasping leaves on the stem), linear and pointed, to 18 in. long and ¾ in. wide, parallel-veined.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a terminal, generally flat-topped cluster; flowers pale yellow, about â…“ in. long, with 6 erect tepals (3 shorter, 3 longer), which are yellow on the inner surface and silvery-green and woolly on the outer surface; there are 3 protruding stamens and a style.

Fruits: Fruit a reddish, rounded capsule enclosed in persistent, furry tepals.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect perennnial with iris-like growth form, found in wet savannas, pocosin edges, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds (and similar ponds in the mountains of Virginia), ditches and other wet, disturbed places.

stems: Stems unbranched, hairy near top.

leaves: Leaves mostly basal and overlapping at the base (a few shorter, alternate, clasping leaves on the stem), linear and pointed, to 18 in. long and ¾ in. wide, parallel-veined.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a terminal, generally flat-topped cluster; flowers pale yellow, about â…“ in. long, with 6 erect tepals (3 shorter, 3 longer), which are yellow on the inner surface and silvery-green and woolly on the outer surface; there are 3 protruding stamens and a style.

fruits: Fruit a reddish, rounded capsule enclosed in persistent, furry tepals.

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native range: eastern North America & Cuba