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Iris missouriensis Nutt.
Rocky Mountain iris

       
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Photo of Iris missouriensis Nutt.
Iris longipetala

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Iris missouriensis Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

  IRLO Iris longipetala Herbert
  IRMIA Iris missouriensis Nutt. var. arizonica (Dykes) R.C. Foster
  IRMIP Iris missouriensis Nutt. var. pelogonus (Goodding) R.C. Foster
  IRPA5 Iris pariensis S.L. Welsh
  IRTO Iris tolmieana Herbert
 

Distribution:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

View 29 genera in Iridaceae, 52 species in Iris
 

Classification:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus Iris L. – iris
Species Iris missouriensis Nutt. – Rocky Mountain iris
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

California:
western blue flag              C list (noxious weeds)
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

Rocky Mountain iris
wild iris

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW-,OBL NO NO OBL FACW+ OBL NO FACW- OBL* FACW+ OBL NO NO NO

Iris longipetala:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43221.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Iris missouriensis Nutt.

CA-California Department of Food and Agriculture

CA-Society for Pacific Coast Native Iris

CO-Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

Forestry Images

MT-Montana Plant Life

NM-Facultative Wetland Species of New Mexico (NMSU)

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

North American Native Iris

UK-Plants For A Future

WA-Central Washington Native Plants

 
 
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