Southern Blue Flag (Iris virginica L.)
Also known as southern blueflag, Virginia blueflag, Virginia blue flag, Virginia iris.
↑Summary
A showy, rhizomatous perennial native to wetlands and land-water borders mostly in the southeastern US but extending farther north in the Midwest.
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| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
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↑Links & External Resources
• Iris virginica (Virginia iris) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Iris virginica (Southern Blue Flag) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Iris virginica | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Iris virginica | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Iris virginica | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Iris virginica | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Virginia Iris | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Iris virginica (Southern Blueflag) | Minnesota Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Iris virginica L. (Virginia Blue Flag, Southern Blue Flag) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
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