Blue Flag Iris
Scientific Name:Iris virginica


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Blue Flag Iris
Genus species: Iris virginica
Common Name: Blue Flag Iris
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
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Nature Playscape
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
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