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Internal ID UUID644027cd0f66c866435599
Scientific name Libertia pulchella
Authority Spreng.
First published in Syst. Veg. 1: 169 (1824)

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The flowers have a yellow centre and a white margin. The fruit is a capsule containing several seeds. Libertia pulchella is an evergreen perennial that grows in moist soils in full sun or partial shade. It is a popular garden plant, and is used in borders, rockeries and containers.

Libertia pulchella, also known as the pretty grass-flag, is a flowering plant in the iris family native to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. It is an evergreen perennial that grows in moist soils in full sun or partial shade, and produces 3 to 6 cream-coloured flowers with a yellow centre and white margin. It is a popular garden plant and is used in borders, rockeries, and containers.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Libertia laurencii Hook.f. Fl. Tasman. 2: 34 (1858)
Libertia pulchella var. pygmaea D.I.Morris Stud. Fl. Tasman. 4B: 425 (1994)
Nematostigma pulchellum A.Dietr. Sp. Pl. 2: 510 (1833)
Sisyrinchium pulchellum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 305 (1810)
Libertia pulchella var. laurencei (Hook.f.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 536 (1915)
Tekel pulchella Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 703 (1891)
Sisyrinchium pulchellum (R.Br.) R.Br. ex F.Muell. Fragm. 7: 92 1870

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World Flora Online wfo-0000784592
Tropicos 50263565
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439862-1
The Plant List kew-323116
Open Tree Of Life 3998196
NCBI Taxonomy 1406371
IPNI 439862-1
iNaturalist 323421
GBIF 5296878
Freebase /m/09v36jd
Wikipedia Libertia_pulchella

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A phylogenomic study of Iridaceae Juss. based on complete plastid genome sequences Kamra K, Jung J, Kim JH Front Plant Sci 31-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9948625
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1066708
PMID:36844099

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