Giant blue iris (Iris giganticaerulea)

Giant blue iris, a reference photo — Photo: Team New Orleans, US Army Corps of Engineers · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Iris giganticaerulea, the giant blue iris, or Louisiana Iris, is a species of iris, in the subgenus Limniris, in the series Hexagonae. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from northern America. It has long bright green leaves, very tall stems and one or two musky fragrant flowers in a range of blue shades (pale, bright, dark, lavender and violet) or rarely white.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Giant blue iris being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Iris savannarum
Iris brevicaulis
Iris tridentata
Iris virginica
Iris laevigata

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Iris
Species: Iris giganticaerulea

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