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Iris setosa(family: Iridaceae)

Japanese name: Hiougi-ayame

This plant grows at bog or moisture field in High-mountain. Japanese name Hiougi is from that the leaf looks like Belamcanda chinensis(Hiougi), Ayame is from that this flower looks like Iris sanguinea(Ayame).

My observation records:

03/July/'99 Rebun-island blooming partly at Alpine-plant-botany
30/July/'95 Higasi-tateyama Nagano-pref blooming