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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Iris virginica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 39. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Southern blue flag;iris de Virginie
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris caroliniana
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris georgiana
|authority=Britton
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris shrevei
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Iris virginica var. shrevei
|authority=(Small) E. S. Anderson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Laevigatae;Iris virginica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Iris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Iris subg. Limniris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Iris sect. Limniris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Laevigatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris virginica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 374, 388
|treatment_page=page 390
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>many-branched, forming dense clumps, 2–4 cm diam., usually covered with remnants of old leaves; roots fleshy. <b>Stems</b> rather weak, often falling over after flowering, solid, usually 1-branched, 5–10 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal erect or often flexible, blade gray-green to bright green, buff to purplish basally, with several prominent ribs in mature leaves, linear-ensiform, 6–8 dm × 2.5–3 cm, apex acute. <b>Inflorescence</b> units 2–3-flowered, branch units 1–2-flowered; spathes compact, often with brown striations, ridged, unequal, outer 3–8 cm, inner 8–14 cm, firm, herbaceous. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth lavender to violet, rarely white; floral tube constricted above ovary, 1–2 cm; sepals spreading and arched, pale blue to purple with darker blue or purple lines, obovate to oval, 4–8.4 × 1.6–4 cm, base abruptly attenuate, claw green in median, bordered by yellow ground with blue or purple lines, yellow extending onto base of limb as finely pubescent signal patch; petals oblong-lanceolate to oblong-spatulate, 3–7 × 1–3 cm, claw greenish yellow with blue or purplish lines, apex often emarginate; ovary trigonal, 1.3–3.8 cm; style inwardly auriculate at convergences, 3–4.5 cm, crests reflexed, 0.7–2 cm; stigmas unlobed, with prominent triangular tongues, margins entire; pedicel 2.5–8 cm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, ellipsoid, or long-cylindric, trigonal or polygonal in cross section, 3–6 × 1–2 cm. <b>Seeds</b> in 2 rows per locule, pale brown, usually D-shaped, 5–8 mm, pitted, corky. <b>2n</b> = 70, 72.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Wetlands, margins of lakes and streams
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Iris virginica</i> from the southeastern and south-central states having stems 2–3-branched and seldom falling to the ground after flowering, and with capsules long-cylindric have been recognized as var. shrevei.</p>
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name=Iris virginica
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Iris caroliniana;Iris georgiana;Iris shrevei;Iris virginica var. shrevei
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Wetlands, margins of lakes and streams
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_800.xml
|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Laevigatae
|species=Iris virginica
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