PLANTS Profile for Iris versicolor (harlequin blueflag)

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PLANTS Profile

Iris versicolor L.
harlequin blueflag

Symbol:

IRVE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, NH, Star Island. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Iris versicolor L.

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Distribution:
Iris versicolor L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DC, DE, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Iris versicolor L.

View 28 genera in Iridaceae, 52 species in Iris

Classification:
Iris versicolor L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Iris L. – iris
Species	Iris versicolor L. – harlequin blueflag

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Iris versicolor L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Iris versicolor L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43196.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Iris versicolor L.

Canada-Official Plants of Quebec

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 11:36 PM CDT