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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Iris prismatica
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 30. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|common_names=Slender blue iris
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Iris;Iris subg. Limniris;Iris sect. Limniris;Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Prisimaticae;Iris prismatica
|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. Prisimaticae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Iris prismatica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 395
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>superficial or only slightly buried in peaty soil, cordlike portions usually 1-branched, 40 cm × 2–5 mm, bearing scalelike leaves at nodes; nodal roots absent. <b>Stems</b> simple or 1–2-branched, 3–8 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal with blade slightly ribbed, 3–6 dm × 0.2–0.5 cm; cauline 1–4, erect. <b>Inflorescence</b> units 1–3-flowered, branch units 1–2-flowered; spathes pale brown, narrowly lanceolate, 2–4 cm, scarious or partially membranaceous. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth pale blue or blue-violet; floral tube 0.2–0.3 cm; sepals pale violet, veined deep violet basally, ovate, 4–5 × 1.3–2 cm, base abruptly attenuate; petals lavender, oblanceolate, 3.5–4.5 × 0.7–1.5 cm; ovary trigonal, sharply angled; style arched, narrow, 2–3 cm, crests divergent, quadrate, 0.5–0.7 cm, margins serrate; stigmas sharply triangular; pedicel somewhat flattened, 3–7 cm, exserted from spathe. <b>Capsules</b> sharply 3-angled, almost winged, 3–4 × 1.2–1.4 cm, concave faces 6–14 mm wide. <b>Seeds</b> in 1 row per locule, buff to dark brown, pyriform, with convex sides, 3–4 mm, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Swampy, peaty soil
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
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name=Iris prismatica
|author=
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Swampy, peaty soil
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1814
|special status=
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|genus=Iris
|subgenus=Iris subg. Limniris
|section=Iris sect. Limniris
|series=Iris (sect. Limniris) ser. Prisimaticae
|species=Iris prismatica
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