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Taxa with pictures are marked [Pictured]

  1. Aristea ecklonii Baker – blue corn-lily
  2. Chasmanthe bicolor (Gasp. ex Ten.) N. E. Br. – chasmanthe
  3. [Pictured] Crocosmia masoniorum (L. Bolus) N. E. Br. – giant montbretia
  4. [Pictured] Crocosmia paniculata (Klatt) Goldblatt – Aunt Eliza
  5. [Pictured] Crocosmia pottsii (Macnab ex Baker) N. E. Br. – Potts’ montbretia
  6. [Pictured] Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N. E. Br. – montbretia
  7. [Pictured] Crocus ancyrensis (Herb.) Maw – Ankara crocus
  8. Crocus biflorus Mill. – silvery crocus
  9. [Pictured] Crocus chrysanthus (Herb.) Herb. – golden crocus
  10. Crocus kotschyanus K. Koch – Kotschy’s crocus
  11. Crocus longiflorus Raf. – Italian crocus
  12. [Pictured] Crocus neapolitanus (Ker Gawl.) Loisel. – spring crocus
  13. Crocus nudiflorus Sm. – autumn crocus
  14. Crocus pulchellus Herb. – hairy crocus
  15. Crocus sieberi J. Gay – Sieber’s crocus
  16. Crocus speciosus M. Bieb. – Bieberstein’s crocus
  17. [Pictured] Crocus tommasinianus Herb. – early crocus
  18. [Pictured] Crocus vernus (L.) Hill – white crocus
  19. [Pictured] Crocus × luteus Lam. – yellow crocus
  20. Freesia × hybrida L. H. Bailey – freesia
  21. [Pictured] Gladiolus communis L. – eastern gladiolus
  22. [Pictured] Gladiolus illyricus W. D. J. Koch – wild gladiolus
  23. Iris ensata Thunb. – beaked iris
  24. [Pictured] Iris foetidissima L. – stinking iris
  25. Iris germanica L. – bearded iris
  26. Iris laevigata Fisch. – smooth-leaved iris
  27. Iris latifolia (Mill.) Voss – English iris
  28. Iris orientalis Mill. – Turkish iris
  29. [Pictured] Iris pseudacorus L. – yellow iris
  30. Iris sibirica L. – Siberian iris
  31. Iris spuria L. – blue iris
  32. [Pictured] Iris tuberosa L. – snake’s-head iris
  33. [Pictured] Iris unguicularis Poir. – Algerian iris
  34. [Pictured] Iris versicolor L. – purple iris
  35. [Pictured] Iris xiphium L. – Spanish iris
  36. [Pictured] Iris × hollandica hort. – Dutch iris
  37. Iris × robusta E. S. Anderson – Windermere iris
  38. Ixia campanulata Houtt. – red corn-lily
  39. Ixia paniculata D. Delaroche – tubular corn-lily
  40. Libertia elegans Poepp. – lesser Chilean iris
  41. [Pictured] Libertia formosa Graham – Chilean iris
  42. [Pictured] Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri – sand crocus
  43. Romulea rosea (L.) Eckl. – oniongrass
  44. [Pictured] Schizostylis coccinea Backh. & Harv. ex Hook. – kaffir lily
  45. [Pictured] Sisyrinchium bermudiana L. – blue-eyed grass
  46. Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker Gawl.) W. T. Aiton – yellow-eyed grass
  47. Sisyrinchium laxum Otto ex Sims – veined yellow-eyed grass
  48. Sisyrinchium montanum Greene – American blue-eyed grass
  49. [Pictured] Sisyrinchium striatum Sm. – pale yellow-eyed grass
  50. Sparaxis grandiflora (D. Delaroche) Ker Gawl. – plain harlequin-flower
  51. Watsonia borbonica (Pourr.) Goldblatt – bugle lily
L-R: Bidens tripartita, Melilotus officinalis, Mimulus guttatus, Thalictrum flavum, Ranunculus peltatus, Anchusa arvensis, Malva alcea, Lolium perenne