Northern blue flag

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Iris versicolor

Northern blue flag, a reference photo
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Iris versicolor or Iris versicolour is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, and in Great Britain and Ireland as purple iris.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Northern blue flag 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

Classification

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

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