Yellow Iris

Scientific Name:   Iris pseudacorus


Invasive perennial monocot (flowering plant with one seed leaf emerging from its embryo) native to Europe, western Asia, and northwest Africa.

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Yellow Iris


Genus species: Iris pseudacorus
Common Name: Yellow Iris
Family Name: Iridaceae  
Perennial herbs; leaves basal or alternate, usually distichous, linear to swordlike, parallel-veined and often equitant; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, bracteate, in terminal clusters; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:A. Swanson
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