Iridaceae
Harlequin blueflag
Iris versicolor
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Iris
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- السوسن كثير الألوان
- Bulgarian
- Многоцветен ирис
- Chinese
- 变色鸢尾, 變色鳶尾
- Czech
- Kosatec měňavý
- English
- Harlequin blueflag, Blue flag, Purple iris, Water flag, Blue flag iris
- German
- Verschiedenfarbige Schwertlilie, Blaue Sumpf-Schwertlilie, Schillernde Schwertlilie
- hsb
- Wšelakobarbojta škleńčica
- Igbo
- Blue flag iris
- Latvian
- Daudzkrāsu īriss, Daudzkrāsainais īriss
- Macedonian
- Разнобојна перуника
- Malayalam
- ഐറിസ് വെർസിക്കോളർ
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Praktiris
- os
- Алыхуызон хъæздидинæг
- Persian
- زنبق رنگارنگ
- Spanish
- Lirio multicolor
- Swedish
- Brokiris
- Ukrainian
- Півники різнобарвні
- Welsh
- Gellesgen borffor
Synonyms
- Iris boltoniana Regel
- Iris caurina Herb. ex Hook.
- Iris dierinckii K.Koch
- Iris flaccida Spach
- Iris picta Mill.
- Iris pulchella Regel
- Iris versicolor f. albocaerulea Rousseau
- Iris versicolor f. murrayana Fernald
- Iris versicolor f. versicolor
- Iris versicolor var. blandescens Nieuwl.
- Iris versicolor var. communis Torr.
- Iris versicolor var. flaccida (Spach) Baker
- Iris versicolor var. robusta Farw.
- Iris versicolor var. sulcata Torr.
- Limniris versicolor (L.) Rodion.
- Xiphion flaccidum (Spach) Alef.
- Xiphion versicolor (L.) Alef.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 2,661 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Branson Khounvichith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hungry-Sarracenia Photo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Micki Colbeck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Rankins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Pollard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.