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Iris Douglasiana
Douglas iris 
wild flower of the American west coastal region
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An elegant purplish-blue flower that can also be white or yellow.
The Douglas Iris blooms in spring at altitudes under 1000 feet (300 meters).
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Tough leaves grow in clumps. When on grasslands,
the Douglas Iris clogs grass growth
and thus makes them unpopular with ranchers. Cattle cannot eat these leaves.
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This Douglas Iris blooms in spring, yet one flower remained in mid summer.
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Indians used the outermost strands of
fiber from this leaf's margins for weaving.
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Its leaves are about 1 inch (2 centimeters) wide and the plant grows to only
about 6-31 inches (15-80 centimeters) tall.
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When the flower expires, it simply dries out. This plant was full of such dried out flowers.
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At the very end, the flower turned completely black as if a burned cinder.
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