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Rksimmon Cary, NC May 25, 2018

Wilmington, NC. Perennial.
Looks like a mini bearded iris but spiky leaves. Please help identify.
Thank you

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laurebot Sacramento, CA(Zone 9a) May 25, 2018

The serrated leaves are not from the iris. Iris have smooth edges on grass-like leaves. If you look really close in the middle of the picture, you can see the tip of an iris leaf. The iris has just grown up and through the other plant--which I can't identify.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 25, 2018

Yes, I agree. Those leaves do not go with the iris. Maybe Iris versicolor.
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/204252/

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Rksimmon Cary, NC May 27, 2018

Good call. Yes, it is definitely an iris versicolor in the middle of some other serrated plant.
Thank you all for your help!

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 27, 2018

Though I have no clue what your serrated plant is.

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SallieKr (Sallie) Cherry Vall, IL(Zone 5a) May 27, 2018

Since the Iris is a wetland plant, the serrated leaves might be Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower.) I have lots of them growing in the same area as my few Iris plants.

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