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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
IridaceaeAlophiaPropellor-flowerimage of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeAlophia drummondiiPropellor-flower, Pinewoods-lily, Purple PleatleafLongleaf pine savannas, other sandy woodlands.E. Louisiana (and Mississippi?) west to Texas and Oklahoma, south to s. Mexico; Guyana; Bolivia.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeAristeaBlue Stars, Blue Fliesimage of plant
(c) Dove, Oscar - CC-BY
IridaceaeAristea eckloniiBlue Stars, Blue FliesRoadside ditch.Native of s. Africa.image of plant
(c) Dove, Oscar - CC-BY
IridaceaeCalydoreaIxiaimage of plant
(c) Ward, Scott G
IridaceaeCalydorea caelestinaBartram's IxiaPine flatwoods.Endemic to ne. Florida (Chafin 2000); the single Georgia record is by P.O. Schallert, notoriously sloppy with his location data, and is therefore best discounted unless additional information comes to light.image of plant
(c) Ward, Scott G
IridaceaeCrocosmiaMontbretiaimage of plant
(c) Diamond, Alvin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeCrocosmia ×crocosmiifloraMontbretiaDisturbed areas, ditches, especially in moist to wet sites, including salt marshes;Both parents of the hybrid are native to sub-Saharan Africa. Reported for Lowndes and Thomas counties, Georgia (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009).image of plant
(c) Diamond, Alvin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeCrocusCrocusimage of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeCrocus flavusYellow CrocusDisturbed roadsides.Native of Mediterranean Europe and the Middle East. See Serviss, Peck, & Benjamin (2016) for additional information about occurrences in Arkansas.image of plant
(c) Katya - CC-BY
IridaceaeCrocus tommasinianusWoodland Crocus, Early CrocusDisturbed areas, long-persistent after cultivation around house-sites.Native of se. Europe. Reported as rarely naturalizing in Delaware (McAvoy & Bennett 2001); reported as rarely naturalizing in Virginia (Alexandria) (Wright et al. 2023).image of plant
(c) Christine - CC-BY
IridaceaeCrocus vernusDutch CrocusDisturbed areas, long-persistent after cultivation around house-sites.Native of montane s. Europe.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeDietesAfrican Irisimage of plant
(c) Morgan, Matthew - CC-BY
IridaceaeDietes iridioidesAfrican Iris, Fortnight LilyWaif from horticultural use.Native of s. and e. Africa.image of plant
(c) Morgan, Matthew - CC-BY
IridaceaeFreesiaFreesiaimage of plant
(c) Douch, James K. - CC-BY-SA
IridaceaeFreesia albaFreesiaDisturbed areas.Native of s. Africa.image of plant
(c) Ponder, Justin - CC-BY
IridaceaeFreesia laxaFreesiaLawns, open upland disturbed areas.Native of s. Africa.image of plant
(c) Douch, James K. - CC-BY-SA
IridaceaeGladiolusGladiolusimage of plant
(c) Bradley, Keith
IridaceaeGladiolus ×colvilleiAn artificial cross.
IridaceaeGladiolus ×gandavensisGarden Gladiolus, Hybrid GladiolusCommonly cultivated as ornamentals, rarely persisting or weakly spreading.Both parents of this garden cross are native of s. Africa.
IridaceaeGladiolus communisEastern Gladiolus, False Corn-flag, Sword-lilyCommonly cultivated as ornamentals, rarely persisting or weakly spreading.Native of Mediterranean Europe and n. Africa. Documented for e. Oklahoma (Serviss & Campbell 2024).image of plant
(c) Clark, Laura - CC-BY
IridaceaeGladiolus dalenii ssp. daleniiDragon's-head-lily, Parrot Gladiolus, African GladiolusSometimes cultivated, rarely persisting or spreading.Native of s. Africa. Persisting and/or naturalizing at scattered locations in the se. United States (Zomlefer et al. 2018).image of plant
(c) Weakley, Alan
IridaceaeGladiolus italicusField GladiolusSometimes cultivated, rarely persisting or spreading.Native of Mediterranean Europe, Africa, and w. Asia. Introduced in Tennessee. Apparently naturalizing in Alabama (Macon County; Barger et al. 2023).image of plant
(c) Bradley, Keith
IridaceaeHerbertiaPleatleaf Irisimage of plant
(c) Hill, Sonnia
IridaceaeHerbertia caeruleaPrairie-nymph, Herbertia, Pleatleaf IrisPrairies, marshes, meadows.S. and c. Mississippi west to Texas; central South America. Occurrences in Winston County, Alabama (Keener et al. 2024), Escambia County, Florida, and Oconee County, South Carolina (J. Marlow, pers.comm., 2025) likely represent introductions.image of plant
(c) Hill, Sonnia
IridaceaeIridaceaeIris Familyimage of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeIrisIris, Flag, Fleur-de-Lis, Blackberry-lily, Glaie (fr)image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris ×vinicolor
IridaceaeIris albispiritusGhost IrisWet pine savannas, prairies.S. Florida (the type is from near Fort Myers). Small (1933) makes brief mention that "this species is most common in the lower half of the Florida peninsula." He would scarcely recognize the Florida landscape today.
IridaceaeIris brevicaulisShort-stemmed Iris, Lamance Iris, Zigzag IrisSwamps, bottomlands, bogs, seeps, marshes.Ohio west to Kansas, south to Panhandle Florida and Texas.image of plant
(c) Cressler, Alan M.
IridaceaeIris cristataDwarf Crested IrisMoist forests, rich woods, roadbanks, streambanks.Maryland west to Indiana and Missouri, south to North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and e. Oklahoma.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris domesticaBlackberry-lily, Leopard-lilyDry woodlands, forests, edges of granitic flatrocks, cedar glades, old homesites, suburban areas.Native of e. Asia.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeIris ensataJapanese IrisRoadsides; cultivated and rarely escaped.Native of Japan, n. China, and Sakhalin. Also reported from se. Pennsylvania (Rhodes & Klein 1993) and s. Alabama (H. Horne, pers. comm. 2013).image of plant
(c) Соболев, Николай - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris flexicaulisZigzag Blue FlagMarshes, bottomlands.S. Louisiana west to e. Texas.
IridaceaeIris florentinaCemetery Iris, White Lily-of-the-field, White-Flag IrisRoadsides, fence rows, old homesites, disturbed areas.Native of the Middle East.image of plant
(c) Aureglia, Louis - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris fulvaRed Flag, Copper IrisSwamp forests, wet hammocks, usually in shallow water. This species has become somewhat popular as a native wildflower in cultivation.S. Illinois, Missouri, and w. Tennessee south to w. Panhandle Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana (introduced elsewhere).image of plant
(c) Marcum, Paul
IridaceaeIris germanicaGerman Iris, Fleur-de-Lys, FlagsRoadsides, old homesites, ditches; cultivated and rarely persistent or escaped.Native of Mediterranean Europe.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeIris giganticaeruleaGiant Blue IrisMarshes and swamps.Panhandle Florida (L. Anderson, pers.comm., 2021) west to e. Texas.image of plant
(c) Dane D., Shackelford - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris hexagonaAnglepod Blue FlagSwamps.South Carolina south to s. Florida. Reports from e. Georgia are apparently all based on Iris savannarum.image of plant
(c) Cressler, Alan M.
IridaceaeIris kimballiaeKimball’s IrisFresh and brackish marshes.Apparently endemic to the Florida Panhandle (Franklin County).
IridaceaeIris nelsoniiNelson's IrisSwamp forests.Endemic (so far is known) to Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.image of plant
© Jamie Webb
IridaceaeIris orientalisDitches.Native of w. Asia. Documented and apparently expanding its naturalized distribution in Missouri, including in our area and along our northern border in that state (Floden 2025).
IridaceaeIris pallidaSweet IrisCultivated and persistent around buildings in GA and elsewhere (FNA).Native of s. Europe.image of plant
(c) Roman - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris prismaticaSlender Blue Iris, Slender Blue FlagBogs, wet acidic barrens, marshes, ditches, pools.Nova Scotia south to Georgia, disjunct in w. North Carolina (Henderson County) and sc. Tennessee (Coffee County).image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris pseudacorusWater Flag, Yellow Flag, Fleur-de-Lys, Yellow Iris, Water IrisSwamps, marshes, streams, ponds, streambanks, tidal wetlands, cultivated as a water plant.Native of Europe, w. Asia, and n. Africa.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris pumilaDwarf IrisDisturbed areas, persistent from cultivation.Native of c. and e. Europe and w. Asia.image of plant
(c) Митрошенкова, Анна - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris rivularisSylvan IrisFloodplain marshes.Apparently endemic to the watershed of the St. Marys River.
IridaceaeIris sanguineaJapanese Iris, Blood IrisRoadsides, cultivated and rarely escaped.Native of Japan, n. China, Korea, Japan, and w. Russia. Reported for Cleburne County, Alabama by Spaulding & Triplett (2022), as I. sanguinea.image of plant
(c) Spaulding, Dan - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeIris savannarumPrairie IrisPine savannas, Florida prairies, strand swamps, freshwater marshes.Georgia and Alabama south to s. Florida.image of plant
(c) Bradley, Keith
IridaceaeIris shreveiMidwestern Blue FlagMarshes, swamps, streams.Sw. Québec to Minnesota, south to w. North Carolina, n. Alabama, e. Tennessee, Arkansas, e. Texas, and e. Kansas.
IridaceaeIris sibiricaSiberian IrisCultivated and escaping or persisting near plantings.Native of Eurasia (c. and e. Europe west to Lake Baikal, Japan, n. China, Korea, Japan, and e. Russia).image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeIris tectorumWall Iris
IridaceaeIris tridentataSavanna IrisWet savannas, pine flatwoods, margins of pineland pools.Se. North Carolina south to ne. Florida and Panhandle Florida and Alabama (Mobile County).image of plant
(c) Bradley, Keith
IridaceaeIris variegata
IridaceaeIris verna var. smallianaUpland Dwarf IrisDry to somewhat moist, rocky or sandy woodlands and forests.Sc. Pennsylvania and West Virginia south to w. North Carolina, e. Tennessee, n. Georgia, se. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, and Alabama; disjunct in Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeIris verna var. vernaCoastal Plain Dwarf Iris, Sandhill IrisLongleaf pine sandhills, dry, rocky forests and woodlands.Se. Pennsylvania, e. Maryland, e. Virginia, e. and c. North Carolina, e., c, and w. South Carolina to e. Georgia, primarily on the Coastal Plain, but extending into the Piedmont and even rarely the low Mountains.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeIris versicolorNorthern Blue Flag, Larger Blue Flag, Poison Flag, Harlequin Blue FlagCalcareous fens and marshes, mafic fens, tidal marshes and swamps, interdune ponds, shores.Newfoundland and Labrador west to Saskatchewan, south to Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Minnesota.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeIris violipurpureaLouisiana (Terrebonne Parish).
IridaceaeIris virginicaSouthern Blue FlagTidal and nontidal marshes and swamps, stream margins, flatwoods, wet meadows, bogs.Se. Virginia south to c. peninsular Florida, west to Mississippi. See I. shrevei for occurrences west and north of this distribution.image of plant
(c) Griffith, Floyd A.
IridaceaeIris xiphiumSpanish IrisDisturbed areas.Native of Spain and Portugal.
IridaceaeNemastylisCelestial-lilyimage of plant
(c) Ward, Scott G
IridaceaeNemastylis floridanaFlorida Celestial, Fall-flowering IxiaWet pine flatwoods, freshwater marshes.Ne. Florida (St. Johns and Putnam counties) to s. Florida (Pasco, Polk, Osceola, Okeechobee, and Broward counties).image of plant
(c) Ward, Scott G
IridaceaeNemastylis geminifloraPrairie Celestial, Prairie PleatleafPrairies.Missouri and e. Kansas south to w. Louisiana and Texas; disjunct eastward in Alabama and Mississippi.image of plant
(c) Campos, Aidan
IridaceaeNemastylis nuttalliiNuttall's Pleatleaf, Nuttall's Celestial-lilyPrairies, glades, and barrens on limestone, dolomite, and rarely sandstone.Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and ne. Texas.image of plant
(c) Witsell, Theo - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeRomuleaimage of plant
(c) Berkel, Nicola van - CC-BY-SA
IridaceaeRomulea rosea var. australisRosy Sand-CrocusDisturbed areas.Native of South Africa.image of plant
(c) Berkel, Nicola van - CC-BY-SA
IridaceaeSisyrinchiumBlue-eyed-grass, Irisetteimage of plant
(c) Cressler, Alan M.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium albidumWhite Blue-eyed-grassWoodlands, mesic longleaf pine sandhills, open limestone barrens, prairies.S. New York west to s. Wisconsin, south to Panhandle Florida and e. Texas.image of plant
(c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeSisyrinchium angustifoliumCommon Blue-eyed-grass, Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed-grass, Stout Blue-eyed-grassWoodlands, forests, meadows, longleaf pine sandhill swales.Vermont, New Hampshire, and s. Ontario west to Wisconsin, e. Kansas, and Ohio, south to Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and e. Texas.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium arenicolaSandyland Blue-eyed-grassPine-oak/heath woodlands and barrens, other sandy habitats.A Coastal Plain endemic: Massachusetts to e. Maryland (Caroline Co.) (Knapp et al. 2011).
IridaceaeSisyrinchium atlanticumAtlantic Blue-eyed-grass, Eastern Blue-eyed GrassDry, sandy or rocky places, moist meadows, bogs, pine savannas, streambanks.Nova Scotia and Maine west to Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, south to s. Florida and e. Texas.image of plant
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium biformeWiry Blue-eyed-grassDunes, prairies, other sandy soils.E. Louisiana west to s. and c. Texas and south into Mexico (Tamaulipas).image of plant
(c) Campos, Aidan
IridaceaeSisyrinchium calciphilumGlade Blue-eyed-grass, Alabama Blue-eyed-grass, Limestone Blue-eyed-grassCalcareous glades.Endemic to n. Alabama.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium campestrePrairie Blue-eyed-grassPrairies, especially in sandy soils.Michigan and South Dakota south to Mississippi and New Mexico.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium capillareWiry Blue-eyed-grassWet pine savannas and flatwoods, acid seepages in the lower Piedmont.Mainly Coastal Plain, from se. Virginia south to ne. Florida.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium corymbosumPinelands.Se. Georgia and ne. Florida west to s. Alabama.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium dichotomumWhite Irisette, Isothermal IrisetteDry to mesic woodlands and forests, usually over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite), at low to moderate elevations (400-1000 m) in the Blue Ridge escarpment.Endemic to Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford counties, North Carolina, and Greenville County, South Carolina.image of plant
(c) Wheeler, Brandon - CC0
IridaceaeSisyrinchium dimorphumAlong and in rocky and gravelly floodplains.C. to sw. Texas and n. Mexico, especially in the Edwards Plateau.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium elizabethiaeElizabeth's Blue-eyed-grassDry woodlands and forests over deep sandy soils.E. Texas & w. Louisiana.image of plant
(c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium ensigerumSwordleaf Blue-eyed-grassPrairies.Oklahoma south to c. Texas and Mexico.image of plant
(c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium fuscatumCoastal Plain Blue-eyed-grassXeric to dry soils of pine barrens, Carolina bay rims, longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges.E. Virginia south to n. Florida, west to Louisiana.image of plant
(c) Powell, Eric M - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeSisyrinchium helleriHeller's Blue-eyed-grassCalcareous coastal prairies and adjacent roadsides.Endemic in se. to s. Texas.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium langloisiiPale Blue-eyed-grassSandy woodlands.Arkansas and Oklahoma south to w. Louisiana and s. Texas; allegedly disjunct eastward in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and nw. Georgia, but some of these records at least are suspect.image of plant
(c) Spaulding, Dan - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeSisyrinchium miamienseMiami Blue-eyed-grassMoist disturbed areas.Ne. Florida, s. Georgia, and se. South Carolina south to s. Florida and west to s. Mississippi; West Indies (Cuba).image of plant
(c) Campos, Aidan
IridaceaeSisyrinchium micranthumLawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, EspadillaLawns, roadsides, prairies, pinelands.Apparently introduced from South America (se. Virginia south to s. Florida, west to e. Texas).image of plant
(c) Cressler, Alan M.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium minusLeast Blue-eyed-grassFloodplains, mudflats, ditches, oak flatwoods, oak savannas, prairies.E. Louisiana, n. Louisiana, se. Arkansas, west to c. Texas and n. Mexico; disjunct in sw. Alabama (Black Belt) and reportedly Mississippi; disjunct in s. South America. The Alabama occurrences are reported and discussed by England & Keener (2017). Reported for North Carolina (Sida 1962) and Mississippi {check}.image of plant
(c) Foreman, Diana - CC0
IridaceaeSisyrinchium montanum var. crebrum{habitat in our area not known}.Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) and Ontario south to New York and n. New Jersey. The status of this taxon in our area is not clear. S. montanum var. crebrum is reported for Virginia by F, and S. montanum (variety not specified) is reported for North Carolina and Virginia by C and G. FNA considers var. crebrum to range south only to New York, and var. montanum south only to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Kartesz (2022) only documents this variety from Connecticut northwards. Herbarium documentation is needed.image of plant
(c) Lacroix-Carignan, Étienne - CC0
IridaceaeSisyrinchium montanum var. montanumForests, fields.Newfoundland and Labrador west to Alaska, south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, n. Ohio, nw. Indiana, ne. Illinois, nc. Oklahoma, New Mexico. Reported for n. West Virginia (Harmon, Ford-Werntz, & Grafton 2006). Reported for n. Virginia (Fauquier County) and disjunct southwards in the Mountains of North Carolina (Jackson County) (B.A. Sorrie, pers.comm., 2024; specimens at NCU).image of plant
(c) Finzel, Brian - CC-BY-SA
IridaceaeSisyrinchium mucronatumNeedle-tip Blue-eyed-grassForests, woodlands, fields.Maine west to Saskatchewan, south to South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Michigan, and Minnesota.image of plant
(c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeSisyrinchium myrioflorumDeep sandy soils on the South Texas Sandsheet and closely adjacent.S. Texas.image of plant
(c) Goldman, Douglas - CC-BY-SA
IridaceaeSisyrinchium nashiiNash's Blue-eyed-grassDryish woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, scrubby flatwoods.Se. and sw. Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee (and sw. Virginia?) south to s. Florida and Mississippi.image of plant
(c) Gwaltney, John
IridaceaeSisyrinchium pruinosumPrairies and calcareous glades and barrens.Arkansas south to w. Louisiana and Arkansas; disjunct at scattered localities eastward in e. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and sc. Tennessee.image of plant
(c) Campos, Aidan
IridaceaeSisyrinchium rufipesXeric-dry longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges.Se. North Carolina to n. Florida, west to s. Alabama.image of plant
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium sagittiferumSpear-bract Blue-eyed-grassLow wet areas.S. Arkansas and s. Oklahoma south to e. Louisiana, w. Louisiana, and e. Texas. Supposedly ranges east to Alabama (FNA), these reports regarded as unsubstantiated (D. Spaulding, 2013, pers. comm.).image of plant
(c) Clark, Laura - CC-BY
IridaceaeSisyrinchium species 1 [Buck Creek]Buck Creek Blue-eyed-grassSerpentine barrens.Endemic as far as is known to the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren, Clay County, North Carolina.image of plant
© Aster Ayer
IridaceaeSisyrinchium species 2 [chalk]Chalk Belt Blue-eyed-grassLimestone outcrops and other calcareous woodlands, Jackson prairiesCoastal Plain of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.image of plant
© Dakota Parish
IridaceaeSisyrinchium species 3
IridaceaeSisyrinchium texanumTexas Blue-eyed-grassSandy or loamy coastal prairies, fields, grassy bayous, and adjacent roadsides.Se. Texas.image of plant
(c) Smith, Jake - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
IridaceaeSisyrinchium variansVariable Blue-eyed-grassCalcareous woodlands, prairies, and adjacent roadsides usually closely adjacent to rocky or gravelly outcroppings.Endemic in se. Texas.
IridaceaeSisyrinchium xerophyllumFlorida Blue-eyed-grassFlorida scrub and other xeric sandy sites.S. Georgia (?) south to s. peninsular Florida; also alleged to occur in North Carolina (FNA) but this report does not seem plausible.image of plant
(c) Griffith, Floyd A.
IridaceaeTrimeziaimage of plant
(c) Westwood, Alison - CC0
IridaceaeTrimezia steyermarkiiMartinique TrimeziaDisturbed areas.Native of s. Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.image of plant
(c) Westwood, Alison - CC0