2895

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it in swamps, bottomlands, bogs, seeps, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer
Violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p186
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p385
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p441

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Iris brevicaulis   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iris brevicaulis   FAMILY Iridaceae

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Iris foliosa

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Iris mississippiensis