Larger Blueflag
Iris versicolor
                    
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2005 Photograph, Larger Blueflag, (Iris versicolor) not completely open, Occoquan Bay NWR, Woodbridge, Virginia, © 2020.
"Flag" is derived from the Middle English word "flagge" which means "rush" or "reed".
Jian Zhe Li
Species information from eNature.com:  Larger Blueflag

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