Iris virginica

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Family:IRIDACEAE
Species:Iris virginica L.
Common Name:Blue Flag Iris; Virginia Iris
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Virginia Iris is a native perennial in the Iris family (Iridaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Virginia Iris grows on the banks of streams and lakes, in wet roadside ditches, in bogs, and in wet woodlands. It is a clump forming perennial from a much branched rhizome. The leaves are produced at the apex of the rhizomes. The leaves are ensiform (sword-shaped) with entire margins. The leaves are often purple tinged towards the base and gray green in color towards the apex. Flowering stems are erect and usually slightly taller than the leaves. Flowering stems are often branched. The flowers are produced from between two leaf-like bracts (spathes). Flowers are pale blue to rarely white in color. The three sepals (falls) are reflexed and larger than the petals. The sepals have a yellow patch (signal) surrounded by white and radiating purple lines. The three petals (standards) are erect, pale blue in color with yellow towards the base. The stigma has three petaloid branches (arms) that extend over the sepals. The fruit is an ovoid capsule. Virginia Iris is often available from native plant nurseries. It can be grown in a bog or water garden, along streams or ponds, and in open wet areas.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyIRIDACEAE - Iris family
Genus Iris
Species Iris virginica L. - Blue Flag Iris; Virginia Iris

Citation

Citation Iris virginica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 39. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 259 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Dykes, Genus Iris 80. 1913.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Iris acleantha Iris acleantha Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris albilinea Iris albilinea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 349. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris amnicola Iris amnicola Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 348. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris atrocyanea Iris atrocyanea Small, Addisonia 14: 13, pl. 455. 1929. LOUISIANA
Iris atroenantha Iris atroenantha Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris auralata Iris auralata Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 349. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris bifurcata Iris bifurcata Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 345. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris callilopha Iris callilopha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 350. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris callirhodea Iris callirhodea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 347. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris caroliniana Iris caroliniana S. Watson, in A. Gray, Manual, ed. 6. 514. 1890.  
Iris cerasioides Iris cerasioides Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 343. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris chlorolopha Iris chlorolopha Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris chrysaeola Iris chrysaeola Small, Addisonia 14: 11, pl. 454. 1929. LOUISIANA
Iris chrysolopha Iris chrysolopha Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 350. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris citriviola Iris citriviola Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 345. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris crocinubia Iris crocinubia Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 341. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris cyanantha Iris cyanantha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 344. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris cyanochrysea Iris cyanochrysea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 348. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris dewinkeleri Iris dewinkeleri Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 347. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fourchiana Iris fourchiana Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 344. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fulvaurea Iris fulvaurea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 340. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fumiflora Iris fumiflora Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 340. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fumifulva Iris fumifulva Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 340. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fuscaurea Iris fuscaurea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 340. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fuscirosea Iris fuscirosea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 342. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fuscisanguinea Iris fuscisanguinea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 349. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris fuscivenosa Iris fuscivenosa Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 341. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris gentilliana Iris gentilliana Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 345. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris georgiana Iris georgiana Britton, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 537. 1913, nom. illegit.Iris caroliniana S. Watson 1890.  
Iris ianthina Iris ianthina Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 339. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris iochroma Iris iochroma Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 348. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris iocyanea Iris iocyanea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 344. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris iodantha Iris iodantha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327 345. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris ioleuca Iris ioleuca Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327 344. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris iophaea Iris iophaea Alexander, in Small, Bot. Interpr. Iridac. Gulf States 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris lancipetala Iris lancipetala Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 346. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris ludoviciana Iris ludoviciana Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 339. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris marplei Iris marplei Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 346. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris moricolor Iris moricolor Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 340. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris oenantha Iris oenantha Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 344. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris oolopha Iris oolopha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 350. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris pallidirosea Iris pallidirosea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 347. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris parvirosea Iris parvirosea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 346. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris phoenicis Iris phoenicis Small ex Alexander, in Small, Bot. Interpr. Iridac. Gulf States 349. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris pseudocristata Iris pseudocristata Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 346. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris purpurissata Iris purpurissata Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 340. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris pyrrholopha Iris pyrrholopha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 339. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris regalis Iris regalis Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 343. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris regifulva Iris regifulva Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rhodantha Iris rhodantha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 346. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rhodochrysea Iris rhodochrysea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 347. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rosiflora Iris rosiflora Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rosilutea Iris rosilutea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 342. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rosipurpurea Iris rosipurpurea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 343. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rubea Iris rubea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 338. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rubicunda Iris rubicunda Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 342. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris rubrolilacina Iris rubrolilacina Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 345. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris salmonicolor Iris salmonicolor Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 339. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris schizolopha Iris schizolopha Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 351. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris subfulva Iris subfulva Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 337. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris thomasii Iris thomasii Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 348. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris tyriana Iris tyriana Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 342. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris versicolor var. virginica Iris versicolor Linnaeus, var. virginica (Linnaeus) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 141. 1877.Iris virginica Linnaeus 1753. 
Iris violilutea Iris violilutea Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 350. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris violipurpurea Iris violipurpurea Small, Addisonia 14: 1, pl. 449. 1929. LOUISIANA
Iris violivenosa Iris violivenosa Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 339. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris viridis Iris viridis Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 345. 1931. LOUISIANA
Iris viridivinea Iris viridivinea Small ex Alexander, in Small & Alexander, Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 327: 341. 1931. LOUISIANA
Xiphion virginicum Xiphion virginicum (Linnaeus) Alefeld, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 297. 1863.Iris virginica Linnaeus 1753. 
Iris shrevei    
Iris versicolor    
Iris virginica var. shrevei    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1898 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
JSU116611 Autauga 10 May 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10055		 JSU
Iris virginica Linnaeus
TROY000038404 Autauga 21 Apr 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7141		 TROY
Iris virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0010628 Autauga 21 Apr 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7141		 UWAL
Iris virginica L.
UWAL0047037 Autauga 11 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
582		 UWAL
Iris virginica Linnaeus
TROY000045756 Autauga 11 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
582		 TROY
Iris virginica Linnaeus
USAM000007409 Baldwin 23 Apr 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11967		 USAM
Iris virginica Linnaeus
USAM000007410 Baldwin 23 Apr 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11967		 USAM
Iris virginica Linnaeus
USAM000007408 Baldwin 23 Apr 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11967		 USAM
Iris virginica Linnaeus
USAM000007407 Baldwin 23 Apr 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11967		 USAM
Iris virginica Linnaeus
USAM000007404 Baldwin 29 May 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12025		 USAM
Iris virginica Linnaeus
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