OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iris shrevei   FAMILY Iridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris virginica var. shrevei   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Iris virginica var. shrevei

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Iris virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Iris virginica var. shrevei

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-002?:

Iris virginica   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Iris shrevei

 

COMMON NAME:
Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris


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image of Iris shrevei, Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris

JK Marlow    jkm100513_053

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Iris shrevei, Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris

JK Marlow    jkm160516_793

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Iris leaves have two morphologically and anatomically identical surfaces, per Plant Systematics, A Phylogenetic Approach (Judd et al., 2008+).

image of Iris shrevei, Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris

JK Marlow    jkm160516_794

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Petals lavender to violet, erect to ascending, tapered to a narrow claw, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Iris shrevei, Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris

JK Marlow    jkm070611_003

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Iris shrevei, Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris

JK Marlow    jkm070611_007

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Iris shrevei, Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris

JK Marlow    jkm070611_009

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Sepals larger than petals, marked with yellow toward and onto the claws, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iris shrevei   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris virginica var. shrevei   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iris virginica var. shrevei

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Iris virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Iris virginica var. shrevei

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-05-002?:
Iris virginica   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iris shrevei

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4498

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, swamps, streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender, blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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