1. Iridaceae “The Iris Family”

2. Iridaceae 65-75 genera, ~ 2000 species Monocots
Prefer seasonal habitats
The rootstock is a rhizome, bulb, or corm
1-3’ tall
Found worldwide

3. Iris versicolor Basal leaves, more than 1 cm wide
2-3 flowers per plant
Six-parted flower, three petals and three sepals
Flower is perfect, three stamen and a single style branching into three stigma
Inferior ovary
Stem and roots grow from a rhizome
Grows in marshes, swamps, wet meadows, along shorelines, and in forested wetlands.

4. Resources Picture 1: www.baylake.org/.../PlantGiveAway/default.htm
Picture 2:upload.wikimedia.org/.../Iris_versicolor_4.jpg