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Bowltube Iris
Iridaceae

Bowltube Iris

Iris macrosiphon Torr.

Bowltube iris is an endemic California iris species used by Native Americans for fiber and cultivated as an ornamental.

western blue flag
Iridaceae

western blue flag

Iris missouriensis Nutt.

Iris missouriensis is a toxic rhizomatous perennial iris with various recorded Native American uses.

Sweet Iris
Iridaceae

Sweet Iris

Iris pallida Lam.

Iris pallida Lam. is a Mediterranean iris cultivated for orris root used in food, drink, and fragrance.

Iris planifolia (Mill.) T.Durand & Schinz
Iridaceae

Iris planifolia (Mill.) T.Durand & Schinz

Iris planifolia (Mill.) T.Durand & Schinz

Iris planifolia is a small bulbous Mediterranean iris with large blue flowers, classified in subgenus Scorpiris.

Yellow Iris
Iridaceae

Yellow Iris

Iris pseudacorus L.

Iris pseudacorus L. is a yellow-flowered wetland perennial with multiple ornamental cultivars and various ecological and practical uses.

Dwarf Iris
Iridaceae

Dwarf Iris

Iris pumila L.

Iris pumila, or pygmy/dwarf iris, is a small iris species, a natural hybrid that contributed to modern garden dwarf bearded irises.

Pilgrim Iris
Iridaceae

Pilgrim Iris

Iris ruthenica Ker Gawl.

Iris ruthenica is a variable Eurasian iris species that is cultivated in rock gardens and botanical collections.

Japanese Iris
Iridaceae

Japanese Iris

Iris sanguinea Hornem.

Iris sanguinea is an eastern Asian iris species that is toxic to humans and cultivated as an easy-to-grow garden plant.

Prairie Iris
Iridaceae

Prairie Iris

Iris savannarum Small

Iris savannarum is a poisonous rhizomatous iris native to the southeastern US that differs from Iris hexagona in multiple traits.

Beach-head Iris
Iridaceae

Beach-head Iris

Iris setosa Pall. ex Link

Iris setosa is a circumpolar iris species native to Asia and North America, with a long history of herbal and cultural uses.

Siberian Iris
Iridaceae

Siberian Iris

Iris sibirica L.

Iris sibirica L. is a branched-stemmed blue iris native to Eurasia, naturalized in North America, with cultivation details and recorded traditional uses.

Blue Iris
Iridaceae

Blue Iris

Iris spuria L.

Iris spuria L. is a wide-ranging iris species with scented blue-purple flowers, toxic parts, and uses as a garden cut flower.

Oregon iris
Iridaceae

Oregon iris

Iris tenax Douglas ex Lindl.

Iris tenax is a clumping iris with showy spring flowers, native to the Pacific Northwest US, with tough fibrous leaves.

longtube iris
Iridaceae

longtube iris

Iris tenuissima Dykes

Iris tenuissima Dykes is a rhizomatous perennial herb with two streaked flowers on an erect inflorescence.

Snake's-head Iris
Iridaceae

Snake's-head Iris

Iris tuberosa L.

Iris tuberosa is a tuberous ornamental iris native to the Mediterranean and western Europe, grown in gardens.

Algerian Iris
Iridaceae

Algerian Iris

Iris unguicularis Poir.

Iris unguicularis, the Algerian iris, is a rhizomatous winter-flowering iris widely cultivated for temperate gardens.

Dwarf Iris
Iridaceae

Dwarf Iris

Iris verna L.

Iris verna L. is a small fragrant spring-blooming beardless rhizomatous iris that differs from similar Iris cristata in several key traits.

northern blue flag
Iridaceae

northern blue flag

Iris versicolor L.

Iris versicolor L. is a blue-flowered poisonous herbaceous perennial with traditional medicinal and magical uses.

southern blue flag
Iridaceae

southern blue flag

Iris virginica L.

Iris virginica is a North American native perennial iris, with traditional medicinal uses and inclusion in Ronald Fisher's Iris dataset.

Spanish Iris
Iridaceae

Spanish Iris

Iris xiphium L.

Iris xiphium, the Spanish iris, is a bulbous flowering iris native to southwest Europe and North Africa, popular in horticulture and with florists.

Swamp Millet
Poaceae

Swamp Millet

Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze

Isachne globosa is an aquatic/semi-aquatic wetland perennial grass native across Asia to Oceania, that acts as a rice paddy weed in much of Asia.

woad
Brassicaceae

woad

Isatis tinctoria L.

Isatis tinctoria (woad) is a Brassicaceae flowering plant with a long history of blue dye and medicinal use.

alkali goldenbush
Asteraceae

alkali goldenbush

Isocoma acradenia (Greene) Greene

Isocoma acradenia is a bushy subshrub with three varieties found across western North America.

Coastal Goldenbush
Asteraceae

Coastal Goldenbush

Isocoma menziesii (Hook. & Arn.) G.L.Nesom

Isocoma menziesii is a matted subshrub with clustered yellow flower heads, native to the region where it occurs.

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