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Dixie iris or the anglepod blue flag
Iris hexagona
About
Iris hexagona, commonly known as the Dixie iris or the anglepod blue flag, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series hexagonae. It is a rhizomatous perennial with long bright green leaves, long thin stem and has small groups of flowers in shades of blue, from violet, to bluish purple, to lavender. It flowers in springtime and is native to the southeastern and south-central US states.
- Family
- Iridaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Iris hexagona
- Slug
- iris-hexagona
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
- Species
- hexagona
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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