Snowy Mermaid

(Libertia chilensis)

Description

Libertia formosa (snowy mermaid or Chilean-iris ) is an ornamental plant in the Iridaceae family. It is native to Chile. It can also be found growing wild in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where it is an introduced species.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order:Asparagales

Family:Iridaceae

Genus:Libertia

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