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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