blackberry lily

blackberry lily
a perennial iris, Belamcanda chinensis, having globose seeds resembling blackberries and orange, lilylike flowers with red spots.

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▪ plant
also called  leopard lily (Belamcanda chinensis) 
 with red-spotted orange flowers, a popular garden flower. It is native to East Asia and is naturalized in some parts of North America.

      It is a member of the iris family (Iridaceae) and has branching stems, lower, grassy foliage, a stout rootstalk, and blackberry-like seeds. The flowers have the six petallike segments. Shorter, with light-yellow flowers, B. flabellata is another East Asian ornamental of the same genus.

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