Tim Spuckler's Blog » Northern Blue Flag Iris http://thirdeyeherp.com/wordpress1 Reptile Ramblings and More Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:26:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Northern Blue Flag Iris http://thirdeyeherp.com/wordpress1/2012/06/05/northern-blue-flag-iris/ http://thirdeyeherp.com/wordpress1/2012/06/05/northern-blue-flag-iris/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:27:08 +0000 tspuckler http://thirdeyeherp.com/wordpress1/?p=526 Continue reading →]]> I’ve been seeing a fair amount of this graceful, sword-leaved plant with three showy, downward-curved, violet, boldly veined petal-like sepals.

This is a native iris of northeastern wetlands. Insects attracted to its sepals facilitate the plant’s pollination.

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Northern Blue Flag Iris can be seen in marshes, swamps, wet meadows, along shorelines, and in forested wetlands. It grows to be about three feet tall.

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Its rootstalks have long been used in herbal medicine to treat a variety of ailments.

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