BLACKBERRY LILY

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.