Iris versicolor (Northern Blue Flag)

Iris versicolor (Northern Blue Flag) likes to grow in wetlands such as sedge (wet) meadows, along the sides of marshes, and on river banks. It is a very showy perennial plant that blooms in the springtime and grows tubers to reproduce asexually. There is a very related species to the Northern Blue Flag called Southern Blue Flag (Iris virginicum) that is usually lighter in color than Northern Blue flag and grows in the southern part of the United States.