Iris+viginica+shrevei

Iris viginica shrevei

|| This flower can grow up to 2' to 3', and it can grow from seeds or bulbs. This plant grows in: marshes, swamps, meadows, bogs, water gardens, soil prairies, prairie swales, soggy meadows, along rivers, open bottom land woodlands, swamps, fens, seeps, edges of ponds and streams, ditches, and low-lying ground along railroads and roadsides.
 * = This purple perennial plant has many common names that include: Shreves iris, Virginia iris, southern blue flag, and blue flag. It has grass to lightgreen sword shaped basal leaves and the blooms consist of three sepals , three trumpet shaped petals, three stamens , three style -branches with  stigmata , and a green ovary. The bloom can range anywhere in color from a light purple or pink to a deeper shade or even a deep blue.This plant has fruit pods that have three compartments that contain seeds.
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This plant closely resembles the Iris brevicaulis (Blue Marsh Iris) and the Iris versicolor (Northern Flag). These are all part of the Iris family.





This plant is cross pollinated by bees and digger bees. Butterflies and skippers sometimes visit but aren’t as good at cross pollination.It is a yummy food source for several insects such as: the weevil, theAgromyzid fly Cerodontha magnicornis (their larvae eat leaves)the Syrphid fly Eumerus tuberculatus, the mealybug Rhizoecus falcifer, the aphid Dysaphis tulipae, and the thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Caterpillars of certain moths devour the plant destructively. These caterpillars include: Ctenucha virginica (Virginia Ctenucha), Spilosoma congrua (Agreeable Tiger Moth), and Macronoctua onusta (Iris Borer Moth).

There are not many uses for this plant, but some of them include: Cherokee and other tribes in the southeastern United State made the roots into a salve for the skin A decoction of the root was used to treat “yellowish urine.” An infusion of the root was used to treat the liver.This plant is also relatively deer resistant.

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