Yellow Flag, Yellow Iris

Common Name(s): Yellow Flag, Yellow Iris Scientific Name: Iris pseudacorus Family: Iridaceae Iris Family Flower: 4" Iris flower with 3 wide Sepals(Falls) and very small standards. Leaves: Long Flat Blades from Bulb/Root. Leaves Sheath the Flower Stem. Plant: 1-3' tall leaves and Flower Stems grow from bulb or tuberous root.

General Comments:

Grows in marshes or moist soils.

Larger Blue Flag

Common Name(s): Larger Blue Flag Scientific Name: Iris versicolor Family: Iridaceae Iris Family Flower: 4" wide flower with deep blue/violet petals marked with yellow on the falls. Leaves: Long Flat 1/2-1" wide leaves grow from root. Plant: 1-2' tall leaves and stems grow in fresh water marshes and along banks of ponds.

General Comments:

There is a lot of variety among the Blue Flag Irises, The prismatica has narrower leaves and the giganticaerulea has broader leaves. There is also variation in the coloration of the flower.

White Blue-eyes Grass

Common Name(s): White Blue-eyes Grass Scientific Name: Sisyrinchium albidum Family: Iridaceae Iris Family Flower: 1/2"-1" white six petaled flower with yellow center. Sometimes very pale blue. Stem is sheathed with a leaf-like brach all the way to the top. Leaves: Slender flat grass-like leaves grow from root. Plant: Leaves and Stems grow in a grass-like clump.

General Comments:

One of the many species of Blue-eyed grass.

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