For the yellow flag iris, see Iris pseudacorus. For the southern blue flag iris, see Iris virginica.
Species of plant
Iris versicolor
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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. Laevigatae
Species:
I. versicolor
Binomial name
Iris versicolor
L.
Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag,[2] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names,[3][4] and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris.[5]
It is a species of Iris native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. It is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores. The specific epithet versicolor means "variously coloured".[6]
It is one of the three Iris species in the Iris flower data set outlined by Ronald Fisher in his 1936 paper "The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems" as an example of linear discriminant analysis.[7]
^Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). "Iris versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T64315086A67729756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64315086A67729756.en. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, 2004.
^Muma, Walter. "Blue Flag Iris". Ontario Wildflowers. ontariowildflowers.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
^Thomas Lathrop Stedman (editor) Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing , p. 406, at Google Books
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4th (p/b) ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 527. ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6.
^R. A. Fisher (1936). "The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems" (PDF). Annals of Eugenics. 7 (2): 179–188. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.1936.tb02137.x. hdl:2440/15227. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
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