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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Iris pseudacorus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 38. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Yellow iris;pale-yellow iris;yellow flag;yellow water iris;fleur-de-lis;iris jaune
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Laevigatae;Iris pseudacorus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Iris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Iris subg. Limniris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Iris sect. Limniris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Laevigatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris pseudacorus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 374, 388
|treatment_page=page 390
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>pink, freely branching, producing extensive clumps, 2–3 cm diam., with fibrous remains of old leaves; roots fleshy. <b>Stems</b> usually 1-branched, solid, 7–15 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal deciduous, at first erect, then recurved, blade dark green, with prominent median thickening, 4–10 dm × 2–3 cm, slightly glaucous basally; cauline equaling inflorescence unit. <b>Inflorescence</b> units 4–12-flowered; spathes green with brown margins, outer spathe strongly keeled, inner without keel, 6–9 cm, subequal, margins not scarious. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth bright yellow; floral tube 0.6–0.8 cm, with no constriction into ovary; sepals bright yellow or cream colored, lanceolate to ovate or suborbiculate, 5–7.5 × 3–4 cm, base abruptly attenuate, claw ca. 1/2 length of limb, signal a darker yellow basal patch limited by short, brown lines; petals without veining, lanceolate to spatulate, 2–3 cm; ovary triangular in cross section with concave sides and narrow groove at each angle, 1.5 cm; style keeled, 3–4 cm, crests spreading, 1–1.2 cm, laciniate at apex; stigmas rounded with prominent tongue; pedicel 2.5–7 cm. <b>Capsules</b> prismatic to oblong-ovoid, obscurely 3-angled with obvious groove at each angle, 3.5–6 cm, beak 5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> D-shaped, flattened, 6–7 mm, corky, lustrous. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Swamps, wet shores of rivers and lakes
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Eurasia;n Africa.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Iris pseudacorus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Swamps, wet shores of rivers and lakes
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Eurasia;n Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Laevigatae
|species=Iris pseudacorus
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