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Calparsoni
at Wed Mar 31 11:53:20 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Calparsoni ]
There are 2 plants that I can think of that you might be talking about. One is the crinum lilly and I am not sure if the species here is C. asiaticum which comes from asia or if it is C. pendunculatum which is from Australia. If it is the little wild non-variegated version of the spider plant things that everybody's grandmother had then the answer is I am not sure. I do see them growing around alot even in my own yard. I am not sure on it but from the looks of them they may be in the trandescantia family (wandering jews) which I know is a new world genus and is represented here in the state by 3 different species (4 if you count the oyster plants which are introduced.) but whether they are native or not I have never looked that deeply into it although I seem to recall seeing something about the one species with the blue flowers that looks like a dwarf iris being a native. I do know that 2 of the species are quite invasive if they get into your yard and you either overwater it or have a high water table. I also know that redfoot tortoises and box turtles will eat the heck out of them. 
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RE:thanks for the picks John - Calparsoni, Wed Mar 31 11:53:20 2010