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htop wrote: Herbert's Iris, Propeller Plant, PrairieNymph (Herbertia lahue subsp. caerulea), Iridaceae Family, perennial, blooms from March through May DMJ1218 (Debbie) has already posted information about Prairie Nymphs (Herbertia lahue) above. I was walking my dogs in the late afternoon between rain episodes when I saw one beautiful lavender bloom at the edge of a sidewalk in a neighbor's yard. His grass had died during the drought last year. I stopped and looked at it I was so happy when I realized that it was a prairie nymph. I remembered Debbie's photo above. I rushed to get my camera because this was its last bloom and the blooms close in the afternoon. By the time I got back to the plant (3 houses down), it had already started to close. I asked my neighbor if I could dig it up and pot it for him because it had been mowed down a few times. He said I could have it. :o) I tried finding the differences between Herbertia lahue and Herbertia lahue subsp. caerulea; however, I did not have much luck. Then, I came across some references that state that the differences are so miniscule that they should be combined into one. Because all 3 of my native Texas wildflowers books only list Herbertia lahue subsp. caerulea and the blooms look the same so that's what I have identified it as. Herbertia lahue is listed as being in Bexar County according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. In other distribution maps, it is not shown as being documented in Bexar County. Distribution maps differ widely. The maps below for both species are the same. Distribution - Herbertia lahue ssp. caerulea : http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefip... http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/endemics_map_page2?code=K... Distribution - Herbertia lahue : http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/endemics_map_page2?code=K... http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefip... For more infformation, see its entry in the PlantFiles (2 entries): Herbert's Iris, Propeller Plant, PrairieNymph (Herbertia lahue subsp. caerulea) http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/101489/index.html Herbert's Iris, Prairie Nymphs (Herbertia lahue) http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/132027/index.html Bloom starting to close in the afternoon with cloudy, overcast lighting |