Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Barbary nut (Moraea sisyrinchium) flower, Hisarky, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Edwin Giesbers / Barbary nut (Iris sisyrinchium) flowers from above. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Barbary nut (Iris sisyrinchium) flower. Cyprus. April.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Mountain iris (Moraea sisyrinchium) flower in field, Oman, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Mountain iris (Moraea sisyrinchium) close-up of flowers, Helicon Focus used for improved depth of field, Oman, April

Paul Harcourt Davies / Wildflowers, from left to right Barbary nut (Gynandriris sisyrinchium) Scarlet Tulip (Tulipa doerfleri) and Buttercup oxalis (Oxalis pes-caprae) Gious Kambos, Crete, April

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Barbary nut (Moraea sisyrinchium) flower, Hisarköy, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Barbary nut (Moraea sisyrinchium) close-up of flower, Hisarköy, Northern Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Close up of Barbary nut (Iris sisyrinchium) flower, Los Barruecos de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Barbary nut (Iris sisyrinchium) flower, Los Barruecos de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Barbary nut (Iris sisyrinchium) flower from above, Los Barruecos de Caceres, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Juan Manuel Borrero / Man passing a nut to a Barbary ape (Macaca sylvanus) in a zoo, Morocco December 2007