Blueflag Iris

Blueflag Iris

Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag,^[1] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names,^[2][3] and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris.^[4]
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".^{[5]  Wikipedia}

^{I feature this flower yearly here because it grows in the edges of the pond at Gorman.  I greatly enjoy seeing it.}

Blueflag Iris

^{The little light brown heads behind it are some kind of sedge and, of course, behind that you see lilypads.  Kyle tells me the dragonflies are awing.  I need to get there to photograph them and shall as soon as I feel like it.}

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