Olsynium filifolium (pale maiden), or Bermudiana filifolia,The Plant List: Bermudiana filifolia is the only species of the iris family native to the Falkland Islands.
Taxonomy and habitat
It is much better known by its former name Sisyrinchium filifolium. Although it is no longer as common as it once was, it is widely distributed on the islands, and favours temperate dwarf shrub heath. It (or a closely related species) is also found in Patagonia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesMúlgura, M.E. (1996). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 205-217. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
Description Height is tall. Leaves are linear, long and broad.
Flowers are sweet smelling, and bell-shaped with six white tepals with pale purplish-red markings. They bloom in spring, particularly in November.
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