Last year I photographed the irises on the west edge of the pond, but I never saw them in bloom. This year I did the workday on June 1st and the irises were in bloom. Now, one can identify them as northern blue flag irises (Iris versicolor, which means “variously colored”).
The iris has 6 petals, 3 large and 3 small. The large petals have yellow throat with indigo veins. The iris has 4 leaves and at the ground the stem is flat.
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