Star Island Grasses and Flowers

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Taxonomy
« Back To Monocots Class Liliopsida
- Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies Order Asparagales
  - 1 Amaryllis, Onions, and Allies Family Amaryllidaceae
  - 4 Irises and Allies Family Iridaceae

Blue Flag

Iris versicolor, also commonly known as the Blue flag, Harlequin Blueflag, Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue Flag, and other variations of those names, is a species of Iris native to North America where it is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores. The flower get its name Versicolor from the Greek word Rainbow, in ...more ↓

Eastern Blue-eyed Grass

Chives

Chives is the common name of Allium schoenoprasum, the smallest species of the edible onions. A perennial plant, it is native to Europe, Asia and North America.A. schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old Worlds.

Slender Blue Flag

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: ...more ↓

Yellow Flag

Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag, yellow iris, water flag) is a species in the genus Iris, of the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet, meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus, as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape.