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Flag (Iris) - Beautiful bulbous or tuberous plants numerous in kind and wonderfully varied in beauty.
Flag
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common name for several plants belonging to the families Iridaceae and Araceae. See ; .
Blue Flag Iris
Very robust, dramatic display of boldly veined, swordlike leaves with large, violet-blue flowers accented by whitish markings at the base of the sepals.
Sweet Flag (Calamus)
Acorus calamus
Sweet flag leaves have a lemony scent. The roots have a sweet fragrance, and they were once used to flavor candy. Two species of sweet flag grow in Connecticut.
Blue Flag
Blue Flag
Little Beartrack Lake, BWCAW
Photo courtesy Richard W. Swanson ...
Yellow Flag
Characteristics
A classic wetland plant with stunning colour when in sunlight.
Blue flag is an emersed plant. These elegant natives are medium size plants, growing to four feet tall.
North's False Flag, Apostle Plant
Scientific Name: Neomarica northiana (Schneev.) Sprague
Synonym: Moraea northiana, Marica northiana
Family: Iridaceae ...
Variegated sweet flag is a deciduous, aquatic perennial with 5-foot-long bright green leaves with creamy, longitudinal stripes. Its flowers are insignificant, but its leaves are aromatic and resemble the foliage of an iris.
Common name: Blue Flag Iris, Kombirei (Manipuri)
Botanical name: Iris versicolor Family: Iridaceae (iris family)
Iris flowers open in the Spring shortly after daffodils and tulips.
Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag
One of the most spectacular of all Irises, their 5- to 9-inch-wide flowers bloom in purple, pink, white and blue, often marked with a contrasting color.
Iris versicolor (Iridaceae) - Blue Flag and other irises have been used by Native Americans and other cultures for medicines, food, perfume ("orris root"), and dyes. There is also a yellow version, called "yellow flag".
Additional Comments: Blue Flag was a common Native American remedy, and was once included in the United States Pharmacopoeia. It was used in the treatment of dropsy.
Blue Flag
Iridaceae
Iris versicolor or Blue Flag, is a native of Eastern Canada and the northern United States found in swamps and in lowlands. It grows 2-3 foot with 1-inch sword-shaped leaves. The rhizomes are the commercial source of Iridin.
Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor):Blue flag is a beautiful native iris that grows in damp areas in the eastern United States. Lavender-blue flowers on 3-foot stems during May and June.
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Flag form appearance on Red Spruce, Bear Rocks Preserve, Dolly Sods Wilderness West Virginia ...
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Yuccas are visually striking, with their swordlike leaves and tall spikes of white flowers. Drought-tolerant and resilient, these desert natives make low-maintenance feature plants in the home garden.
Sweet flag, sweet-scented rush (Acorus calamus, Acorus americanus)
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Yellow flag
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Yellow flag has had many uses over the centuries. The dried and powdered roots were used as a snuff; the seeds were roasted and prepared like coffee; the flowers were used to make a yellow dye; the rhizomes were used as a powerful laxative.
Battle Flag Peony ( Paeonia lactiflora )
Baudirektor Linne Sneezeweed ( Helenium )
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Spanish flag or firecracker vine (I. lobata, formerly Mina lobata). 15-20 feet. Mexican native has sprays of flowers usually in scarlet fading to yellow, then white, to give the effect of a sunset. Dark green foliage has unusual fleur-de-lis shape.
Some plants flag badly in hot weather in light land. The tip here is to place empty flower pots sunk into the ground behind the plants and these may be filled up with water from time to time.
Acorus (Sweet Flag) Alliums Anemone Aquilegia (Columbine) Astilbe Begonia Brunnera (Bugloss) Caladium Cypridpedium (Lady's Slipper Orchid) Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) Digitalis (Foxglove) Gentiana (Gentian) Geranium (True geranium) Helleborus (Winter ...
Powdery Alligator flag is a robust, tropical, aquatic perennial. The large, broadly lance-shaped, long-petioled leaves are covered with a white powdery coating as are all parts of the plant. The blue and purple flowers are crowded in an open panicle.
European yellow iris, yellow flag, water flag Iris pseudacorus
everlasting pea Lathyrus latifolius
false baby's breath; wild madder, white bedstraw Galium mollugo
false banyan, council tree Ficus altissima
false daisy Eclipta prostrata ...
Allium canadense 'White Flag' (T. Howard 2007)
Allium senescens 'Blue Eddy' (M. McDonough 2006)
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment' (Vietnam , PDN 2008) (N)
Amorphophallus bulbifer 'Old Warty' (PDN 2010) (N) ...
It prefers to lay its eggs in Siberian irises and Iris versicolor; the large blue flag that is native to the northeastern quadrant of the United States.
Once sighting a good specimen, the spotter would inform the hunter by waiving a red flag. According to the spotter's instructions, the hunter would use his pickaxe to help him move about on the wall of the cliff.
Be alert for signs that shading and ventilation are required; sun-flag (partial collapse), leaf scorch, desiccation of tender young plants and shoots
Open all doors and vents on sunny days.
---Description---Blue Flag Rhizome has annual joints, 2 or more inches long, about 3/4 inch in diameter, cylindrical in the lower half, becoming compressed towards the crown, where the cup-shaped stem-scar is seen, when dry, and numerous rings, ...
It's other names include Dogtongues alluding to the leaves, Blue Flag (coopting a name usually reserved for water irises), & Wampee, from an Algonquin word meaning "Dawn" but homonimous for whites with "swampy.
Acorus gramineus variegatus Common name(s): Grassy-leaved sweet flag
Genus of 2 species of rhizomatous, marginal aquatic perennials, ane semi-evergreen and one deciduous, found in shallow water by streams and lakes throughout the N.
The sugar maple leaf is easily recognizable as the stylized, three-lobed leaf on the Canadian flag.
It contains over 2,000 different types of plants, including saw grass (Cladium jamaicense), mangroves (including the red, black and white mangroves), alligator flag (Thalia geniculata), strangler fig (Ficus aurea), gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba), ...
Acorus odoratus (sinónimo), Aráceas (familia), Bach (hindi), Càlam (catalán), Cálamo aromático (castellano), Calamus aromaticus (sinónimo), Ch'ang-p'u (chino), Echter Kalmus (alemán), Grass myrtle (inglés), Lirin-gorri (vasco), Myrtle flag ...
Adoption of the maple leaf for the Canadian flag seemed an odd selection, given that maples are ubiquitous in North America.
In the wet areas, along the streams and swales, can be seen the blue flag iris with its lime green lance shaped leaves and purple iris flower. This plant is the wild variety of the highly popular garden iris.
Almost everyone recognizes the familiar maple leaf, common to almost all maples and the symbol on the Canadian flag. Only the box elder (Acer negundo) has a different type of leaf.
4. Iris spp. (iris or blue flag, iris family). These commonly grown garden perennials also occur wild in wet ...
Acorus calamus 'Variegata' Grass, Variegated Sweet Flag
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 5a thru 8b ...
Gladiola. One type grows wild as Bermuda gladiolus. Others are common as corn flag or sword lily. Imported to Bermuda from Cape of Good Hope in 1874. Many different colors.
Globba winitti. From Thailand.
Globe amaranth ...
Iris
A large group of popular outdoor ornamentals are commonly known as iris, flag, or Fleur-de-Lis, belong to the family Iridaceae ...
And Carol Goodwin, professor of environmental horticulture at Nova Scotia Agricultural College, suggests trying, among others, yarrows, yellow flag iris, ...
Index- plants in this Family
Pontederiaceae / Water-Hyacinth Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
Pickerelweed is also known as Dog-tongue, Wampees and Blue-flag which usually refers to an iris.. ...
This white flag can be seen from a long distance. Their one weakness is their curiosity. They will often return to see what scared them in the first place.
The name Rhododendron literally translates to "rose tree". The species R. catawbiense is found throughout the Appalachian Mountains. Not only is it the state flower of West Virginia, it is also on the state flag.
Fall foliage yellow, orange to reddish.
Sun to part shade.
Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Introduced by Arnond Arboretum in 1963.
Corvallis: Central Park, in the small "Y-shaped" planting under the flag pole.
 See also: Lavender, Orchid, Blue Flag, Lady, Primrose
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