Scientific Name
Iris versicolor
Common Name
Larger blue flag iris
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
2 to 3 feet
Flower/fruit:
2.5 to 4 inch showy downward curved violet-blue sepals with yellow base; boldly veined; three petals
Flowering Season:
Early summer
Foliage:
8 to 32 inch swordlike pale green to grayish green leaves
Site:
Marshes, wet meadows, wet ditches, swamps
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