Northern Blue Flag
Scientific Name:Iris versicolor


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Northern Blue Flag
Genus species: Iris versicolor
Common Name: Northern Blue Flag
Family Name: Iridaceae  
Perennial herbs; leaves basal or alternate, usually distichous, linear to swordlike, parallel-veined and often equitant; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, bracteate, in terminal clusters; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Polinator Garden
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:  
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