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Iris versicolor

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spread out nearly flat and have two forms. The longer sepals are hairless and have a greenish-yellow blotch at their base. The inferior ovary is bluntly angled. Flowers are usually light to deep blue (purple and violet are not uncommon) and bloom during May to July. Fruit is a 3-celled, bluntly
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Both the leaves and roots are poisonous, and can cause stomach and intestinal inflammation. Consuming the plant can be fatal to calves.
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The iris has been used as magical plant, with people carrying the root (or rhizome) to get 'financial gain', or placed in
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There are three official emblems in Quebec: the yellow birch, the snowy owl and the versicolor iris.
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The species has been implicated in several poisoning cases of humans and animals who consumed the
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in his 1936 paper "The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems" as an example of
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ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, 2004.
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Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods
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Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing
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angled capsule. The large seeds can be observed floating in fall.
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The iris is the official state flower of the U.S. state of
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Index

Purple iris
Iris pseudacorus
Iris virginica

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Iris
Iris subg. Limniris
Iris sect. Limniris
Iris ser. Laevigatae
Binomial name
L.
Great Britain
Ireland
Iris
Eastern United States
Eastern Canada
Iris flower data set
Ronald Fisher
linear discriminant analysis

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