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Dark-brown Iris

Iris atrofusca

Description:

Iris atrofusca is one of the rarer irises in the world, it occurs only in the northern Negev desert and northwards along eastern Judea and Samaria. The dark flowers are filled in the evening with male bees that stay there along the night.

Habitat:

sunny places dominated by shrublets

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Ori Fragman-Sapir
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Ori Fragman-Sapir

الضفة الغربية‎, Palestinian Territory

Spotted on Mar 15, 2015
Submitted on Mar 15, 2015

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