The small purple flower buds of a wild iris, covered in dewdrops in the grasses of the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa

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The small purple flower buds of a wild iris, covered in dewdrops in the grasses of the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa. The flower bud is most likely from a Nodding Wild Moraea, Moraea inclinata, a type of wild lily which grows in the Afroalpine grasslands of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa and Lesotho

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Size: 3158px × 4737px
Location: Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa
Photo credit: © Marieke Peche / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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