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Your search found 30 taxa in the family Iridaceae, Iris family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Blackberry-lily, Leopard-lily
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris domestica FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Belamcanda chinensis FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Belamcanda chinensis 046-01-001 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, edges of granitic flatrocks, suburban areas
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Pale Blue-eyed-grass, White Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium albidum 046-02-001 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, mesic longleaf pine sandhills, open limestone barrens, prairies
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Wiry Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium capillare FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium capillare FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium albidum 046-02-001? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, acid seepages in the lower Piedmont
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Bristly Blue-eyed-grass, Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium fuscatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium fuscatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium arenicola 046-02-002 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Xeric to dry soils of pine barrens, Carolina bay rims, longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Sandyland Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium arenicola FAMILY: Iridaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium fuscatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Pine-oak/heath woodlands and barrens, other sandy habitats
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name: Sandhill Blue-eyed-grass, Rufous Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium rufipes FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium fuscatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium arenicola 046-02-002? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Xeric-dry longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Nash's Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium nashii FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium nashii FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium arenicola 046-02-002? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dryish woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, scrubby flatwoods
Common in GA & SC (uncommon to rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium dichotomum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium dichotomum FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, usually over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite), at low to moderate elevations (400-1000 m) in the Blue Ridge escarpment
Rare, endemic to Henderson, Polk & Rutherford counties, NC, & Greenville Co, SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Needletip Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium mucronatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium mucronatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. mucronatum 046-02-003a FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, fields
Common in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare southward
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Atlantic Blue-eyed-grass, Eastern Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium atlanticum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium atlanticum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. atlanticum 046-02-003b FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dry, sandy or rocky places
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grass, Stout Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium angustifolium FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium angustifolium FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium angustifolium 046-02-004 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, forests, meadows, sandhill swales
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium micranthum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium rosulatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium rosulatum 046-02-005 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, prairies, pinelands
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to Alabama & Florida
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Common Name:
Gladiolus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii FAMILY: Iridaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Sometimes cultivated, rarely persisting or spreading
Rare
Non-native: southern Africa
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Common Name:
Slender Blue Flag, Slender Blue Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris prismatica FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris prismatica FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris prismatica 046-05-001 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet acidic barrens, marshes, ditches, pools
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Blue Flag
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris virginica FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris virginica var. virginica FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris virginica 046-05-002 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Tidal and nontidal marshes and swamps, stream margins, flatwoods, wet meadows, bogs
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shreve's iris, Shreve's Blue Flag iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris shrevei FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris virginica var. shrevei FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris virginica 046-05-002? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Marshes, swamps, streams
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Northern Blue Flag, Larger Blue Flag, Poison Flag, harlequin blueflag
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris versicolor FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris versicolor FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Calcareous fens and marshes, mafic fens, tidal marshes and swamps, interdune ponds, shores
Native: north of the Carolinas
Common Name:
Dixie Iris, Anglepod Blue Flag
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris hexagona FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris hexagona var. hexagona FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris hexagona 046-05-003 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Swamps
Rare in SC (not found in GA)
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Prairie Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris savannarum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Iris hexagona var. savannarum FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, Florida prairies, strand swamps, freshwater marshes
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name:
Giant Blue Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris giganticaerulea FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris giganticaerulea FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Marshes and swamps
Native: Gulf state(s)
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Common Name: Short-stemmed Iris, Lamance Iris, Zigzag Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris brevicaulis FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris brevicaulis FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bottomlands, bogs, seeps, marshes
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name:
Copper Iris, Red Flag
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris fulva FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris fulva FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, wet hammocks, usually in shallow water. Become somewhat popular as a native wildflower in cultivation
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bay Blue-flag Iris, Flag, Savannah Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris tridentata FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris tridentata FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris tridentata 046-05-004 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Wet savannas, pine flatwoods, margins of pineland pools
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Flag, Water Flag, Yellow Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris pseudacorus FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris pseudacorus FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris pseudacorus 046-05-005 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Swamps, marshes, streams, ponds, streambanks, tidal wetlands, cultivated as a water plant
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Non-native: Eurasia & Africa
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Common Name:
German Iris, Fleur-de-Lys
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris germanica FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Iris germanica FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris germanica 046-05-006 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, old homesites, ditches; cultivated and rarely persistent or escaped
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Coastal Plain Dwarf Iris, Sandhill Iris, Coastal Plain Violet Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris verna var. verna FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris verna var. verna FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris verna var. verna 046-05-007a FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry, rocky forests and woodlands
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Upland Dwarf Iris, Upland Dwarf Violet Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris verna var. smalliana FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris verna var. smalliana FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris verna var. smalliana 046-05-007b FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dry to somewhat moist, rocky or sandy woodlands and forests
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Crested Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Iris cristata FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris cristata FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Iris cristata 046-05-008 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, rich woods, roadbanks, streambanks
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Japanese Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris sanguinea FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Iris sanguinea FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, cultivated and rarely escaped
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan, China, Korea, w. Russia
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Common Name:
Siberian Iris
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Iris sibirica FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Iris sibirica FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Cultivated and escaping or persisting near plantings
Non-native: Eurasia (c. & e. Europe west to Lake Baikal, Japan, n. China, Korea, Japan, & e. Russia)
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