Taxon: Iris pseudacorus L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CAª*, CTª, MAª, MTª°, NHª*, ORª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• flag iris   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• pale-yellow iris   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• water flag   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• yellow flag   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• yellow flag iris   (Source: Iris China ) – English
  
• yellow iris   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• yellow water iris   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• fleur-de-lis   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• iris des marais   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• iris jaune   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• Sumpf-Schwertlilie   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• svärdslilja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide BernhardSmith; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann; Moldenke; Pammel)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Iris pseudacorus from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• BernhardSmith, A. 1923. Poisonous plants of all countries, 2nd ed. [poisonous].
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Maire, R. C. J. E. et al. 1952–. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord.
• Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 104.
• Moldenke, H. N. 1951. Poisonous plants of the world. Pamphlet, 3rd ed. [poisonous].
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Pammel, L. H. 1911. Manual of poisonous plants. [poisonous].
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Waddick, J. W. & Zhao Yu-tang. 1992. Iris of China.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Iris pseudacorus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Iris pseudacorus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Iris pseudacorus.

Check other web resources for Iris pseudacorus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Iris pseudacorus cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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