Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Species

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy

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Common names
  • Species Iris
  • Iris
  • Dwarf Lake Iris
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Iris lacustris
  • Synonym: Iris cristata var. lacustris
  • Synonym: Iris cristata subsp. lacustris

Photo Gallery
Location: Castlegar BC
Date: May 20 2017
Very late this year. This little gem is usually long gone by now.
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-06
Location: Shade
Date: 2022-05-15
Iris lacustris

Date: 2022 Oct, fall
New growth emerging in fall.
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-06

Date: 2022-05-15
Iris lacustris

photo by Merel R. Black, courtesy of the Flora of Wisconsin web s

Date: c. 1924
illustration by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addisonia', 1924
Location: Door County, Wisconsin
Date: 2010-05-21
Photo courtesy of: J M
Location: Mongolia
Date: 2009-06-14
Photo courtesy of: alex_and_stacy

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