Iris prismatica

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Slender blue flag
Iris prismatica Eastern Highland Rim.JPG
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Subgenus: Iris subg. Limniris
Section: Iris sect. Limniris
Series: Iris ser. Prismaticae
Species:
I. prismatica
Binomial name
Iris prismatica
Pursh
Synonyms [1]
  • Iris boltonianaSchult.
  • Iris gracilisBigelow
  • Iris prismatica var. austrinaFernald
  • Iris sibirica var. trigonocarpaBaker
  • Iris trigonocarpaA.Br. & Bouché
  • Limniris prismatica(Pursh) Rodion.

Iris prismatica, the slender blue flag or cubeseed iris, [2] is a plant species native to parts of the southern and eastern United States from Maine south to Alabama, as well as to the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia. [3] [4] [5]

Iris prismatica is a perennial herb spreading by means of rhizomes that are close to the surface of the soil. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 80 cm. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 60 cm long but rarely more than 5 mm across. It has 2–3 blooms in May. [2] Flowers are pale blue to blue-violet. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] It tends to grow in swampy, [2] wet conditions, [3] and within the United States, it is currently state listed as 'threatened' in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Tennessee, and state listed as 'endangered' in Maryland and Pennsylvania. [11] It is cold hardy to USDA Zone 3. [2]

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References

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