Related Clues:

• Plant is Irish in the first place
• Biometric scan identifier, maybe
• Flower with a Thornbird variety
• Purple flower, perhaps
• Pupil’s surrounder
• Booker Prize-winning author Murdoch
• Messenger for the gods in the 'Iliad'
• Grammy-nominated folk singer DeMent
• Crocus relative
• Island gentleman brought back plant
• Plant is found across Rhode Island
• Adjustable diaphragm
• Good name for a florist or optometrist
• Eye part around a pupil
• Bearded ___ (flower)