Olsynium filifolium
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Native to the Falkland Islands — where it is the only member of the iris family to occur naturally, and serves as the national flower — as well as to Patagonia, Olsynium filifolium (formerly classified in the genus Sisyrinchium) is a bulbous-cormous perennial 10 to 30 cm tall, with fine linear leaves. In late spring and early summer it produces delicately scented, bell-shaped, nodding flowers, 1.5 to 4 cm across, cream-white veined with pale purplish-red. It grows in colonies across grassland and dwarf-shrub heath, thriving in well-drained soil and full sun, and tolerates cold well.
- Family :Iridaceae
- Growth :winter grower
- Flowering height :0-15 cm
Growing cycle
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Growth :January (sem. 1-4), February (sem. 1-4), March (sem. 1-4), April (sem. 1-4), May (sem. 1-4), June (sem. 1-4), July (sem. 1-4), August (sem. 1-4), September (sem. 1-4), October (sem. 1-4), November (sem. 1-4), December (sem. 1-4)